All posts tagged "music"

In a darkened room, illuminated only by scattered fluorescent lighting, a crowd grooves and moves to the...

In Youssef Chahine’s 1997 historical film Al Maseer (‘Destiny’), twelfth century Caliph Yaqub Al-Mansur’s youngest son, Abdallah...

Iconic Egyptian singer Soad Hosny sang ‘El Donya Rabee’ W El Gaw Badee’ (It’s Springtime and the...

Silencing women on International Women’s Day? Certainly a novel idea. Music streaming platform ‘Anghami’ attempted to launch...

Listening to music is an everyday experience for most people. However, aspiring and early-career musicians face various...

From giving space for more representation to defying stereotypes, these Arab and North African women singers are...

Rapper and songwriter Wegz will be among the main headliners for the Wireless Festival to be hosted...

In celebration of the voice and power of Arab women, Spotify unveiled its most-streamed Arab women artists...

Spotify’s most-anticipated year-end feature, Spotify Wrapped, is rolling out the most listened to artists, songs, and podcasts...

There is an intimate relationship between music and cinema: where the two mediums work together in harmony...

Standing in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Umm Kalthoum — wearing her iconic diamond studded,...

  The 2000s ushered in some of Egypt’s most iconic hit songs, ones that featured on every...

  Hesham Nazih is an internationally acclaimed Egyptian composer whose eccentric scores challenge and inspire both listeners...

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier announced the release of ‘Swan Upon Leda’, a single set to drop on 7...

When words fall short to commemorate a happy occasion, happy tears fall down, and zaghrata echoes loudly...

In a family car roaring down a European highway, an Egyptian couple inserts a USB drive into...

Looking inside the mind of a songwriter or a composer is like looking through an endless cave;...