Pop Culture
The year was 1992 when Egyptian singer Simone released Mabsouta (Happy, 1992) as part of her album Alo (Hello, 1993). In the music video, she appeared in black sunglasses, with a head of unruly, curly hair and an oversized black suit. She looked almost deliberately out of step with the image most female singers were expected to project at the time. There was no excessive glamour, no overtly sexualized styling, but neither was there an attempt to make herself…
