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Egyptian Girls Fight Taboos Through Music

June 5, 2015
The album’s cover displays a woman with face piercings, something that is highly unacceptable in the Egyptian society

By Nayera Yasser, Daily News Egypt The spot light on three girls, faces that could be seen anywhere around Egypt. They introduce themselves but not by their ages, jobs or education. They introduce themselves through stories from their everyday life, stories that remind them that they will always be a second-class citizen in a biased community. Nazra for Feminist Studies organised one cosy album launch to give nine girls a proper channel to reach out to their fellow females, and share the common struggles women face in Egypt. Right off Talaat Harb street and in the heart of Rawabet Theatre, young women between the ages of 15 and 32 got on stage and sang six different songs that tackle all aspects of womanhood. “Nazra always aims at merging art with social and feminine issues, today is only a part of incorporating youth with artistic initiatives and developing projects,” said Fatma Mansour, project manager at Nazra. Being an advocate for women’s rights, Nazra held a creative writing workshop last July in an attempt to help ladies belonging to different backgrounds express the modern reality of womanhood in Egypt. “This album started…


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