All posts tagged "music"

Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate head Hany Shaker issued a decree on Sunday banning all Mahraganat singers (electronic folk)...

It can sometimes take a while — a decade or two — before we can look back...

In a time of Spotify and Anghami playlists, the face of the global music industry is quickly...

When you type “Helwa Ya Baladi” on YouTube, one of the first and most popular uploads that...

From Um Kulthoum’s powerfully soothing voice filling the vibrant local ahwa’s (cafe) air, to the energetic beats...

From Algeria to Lebanon, the Arab world is filled with many indie artists that are constantly defining...

If ever there was a defining national sound, it is the imposing voice of Umm Kulthum blaring...

In a spectacular live YouTube broadcast staged at sunrise and sunset in Jordan, British rock band Coldplay...

Egyptian superstar Amr Diab was featured by Spotify on a massive billboard in the heart of Times...

Dancing around the stage, wearing a black leather jacket and a white Spanish-style dress, 29-year-old Madonna was...

Ouishare and the Festival Internacional De Innovacion Social (FIIS) are organizing a full day of music in...

Mahraganat, or electro shaabi, is often known as the music of the masses in Egypt—a voice to...

Egypt’s very own musical theater company Fabrica won an award at the ninth annual MoziMotion Film Festival...

Local initiative Rabab Luxor launched its first music video ‘Belle Mama’ in which Egyptian children perform and...

A couple of days following Egyptian actor and singer Mohamed Ramadan’s controversial concert in Egypt’s North coast,...

Egypt has always harbored significant cultural elements of art, music, cinema, and literature. Yet, this is often...

Music is probably one of the few kinds of art that can be experienced in so many...