All posts tagged "rap"

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...

Egypt’s Musicians’ Syndicate announced on Sunday 17, October a temporary ban on mahraganat music (also known as...

Yet another year has passed, punctuated by COVID-19’s new normal. During those solitary morning runs, those cab...

“In the year 1995, Hamid El-Shaeri decided to release a song called ‘Qeshr El Bondoq Yah’. Around...

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

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

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

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