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The 34th Arab Music Festival and Conference, running from 20 to 30 October, opened at the Cairo Opera House on Tuesday with an evening dedicated to the late Egyptian singer Hany Shaker, featuring ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: Cairo, Alexandria host 14th Ibero-American Cultural Week
Cairo and Alexandria are hosting the 14th Ibero-American Cultural Week from 19 October to 26 November, bringing together 16 countries in a programme of films, music, exhibitions, and educational ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: Egypt’s music industry shifts from major to minor amid fragile economy
For many decades Egypt was at the heart of Arabic music, and a pioneer of Western classical music practices in the Arab world. Egypt’s Golden Age (1950s-1970s) was known for setting trends and ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: In Egypt, a vibrant brand of street music is outlawed as censorship deepens
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Hamo Bika rose up from the slums of this northern coastal city to become one of Egypt's most popular musicians. He has amassed millions of followers on YouTube and SoundCloud. He ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: Remembering El Rayes Zakaria, Egypt’s folk music revolutionary giant
The ancient-looking PA system was not meant to handle the immensity of sound produced by famed Nile Delta folk music ensemble El Tanbura as they warmed up for a show on the streets of Ismailia on a ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: The voice of Egypt : Umm Kulthūm, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century / Virginia Danielson
"The voice and face of Egypt" Some questions ; Speech about music ; Listening ; Performing ; "Popular" music ; The individual ; Social issues -- Childhood in the Egyptian delta. "Min al-Mashāyikh" ; ...
News Egypt » Cairo » Music: Egypt’s 34th Arab Music Festival opens with tribute to Hany Shaker
Egypt’s 34th Arab Music Festival and Conference has opened in Cairo, with this year’s edition dedicated to the late Egyptian singer Hany Shaker in recognition of his enduring contribution to Arabic ...