That opening mournful flute is really touching in the beginning of first video clip
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 December 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
"Please stop comparing Nadeh El Shazly female singers to Bjork."― Doran, Sunday, December 24, 2017 2:23 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
How about Leila Arab, then? I know I'm late to the party, but Ahwar is a knockout.
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
How one song got an entire music genre banned in Egypt- https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/thetake/2020/03/song-entire-music-genre-banned-egypt-200327190236398.html
Sadly, it wasn't "Shape of You":
"Egypt's low-tech, high-energy mahraganat music blasted out of the shantytowns to top the global charts on SoundCloud and rack up hundreds of millions of views on YouTube. But one slip-up at a massive concert in Cairo threw the entire genre's future into question.
"In this episode, we hear from Mina Girgis, an Egyptian ethnomusicologist based in the United States."– (Al Jazeera, 28 Mar 2020)
― sbahnhof, Sunday, 5 April 2020 22:53 (four years ago) link
As mentioned in that podcast
WARNING: may contain references to the illegal and delicious hashish
Hassan Shakosh feat. Omar Kamal - "Bent El Geran" (The neighbour's girl)مهرجان بنت الجيران " بهوايا انتي قاعده معايا " حسن شاكوش و عمر كمال - توزيع اسلام ساسوhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBaHQau8b4
― sbahnhof, Sunday, 5 April 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
I need to listen to that podcast. Thanks for posting
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link