1. Rag’een by Amr Diab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTQDAriZCP8 As elsewhere, pop music represents a radical shift to modernity. In his music video for the major hit ‘Rag’een’, Amr Diab lands with a ‘flying car’ to a classical black and white scene and introduces colour and pop. The change of music in Egypt changed radically since then. 2. Kamanana by Mohamed Fouad and Mohamed Henedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gd0dXap1E From the film ‘Ismailia Rayeh Gay’ in 1997, Mohamed Fouad and Mohamed Henedy symbolised a new generation of artists that wanted to simply have a little fun with music and lyrics, echoing ‘Wannabe’ by Spice Girls that no one until now seems to understand the meaning behind the chorus. 3. Ghazaly by Hamied El Shaeri and Moustafa Amar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhKrujfRJMs Hamid Al Shaeri was the mastermind behind the growth of Arab pop music since the 1980s, helping other artists like Moustafa Amar to follow in his footsteps. One of his major hits is ‘Ghazaly’, which set the tone for upbeat western music intertwined with oriental instruments. 4. ‘Mabsouta’ by Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb6F8nFmoj4 Long before Sherine Abdel Wahab and Nancy Ajram, Simone was one of the first to really invent…
