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Celebrate New Year’s Eve ‘in memoriam… in revolt’
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Celebrate New Year’s Eve ‘in memoriam… in revolt’

Whether you’ve already made your plans for New Year’s Eve or you’re still looking for an inspiring way to end…
Shakira to sing in Egypt in January
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Shakira to sing in Egypt in January

Latina pop star Shakira is scheduled to perform in Egypt on 13 January after the concert dates were postponed several…
Rousing patriotic pageantry at the 20th Arab Music Festival
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Rousing patriotic pageantry at the 20th Arab Music Festival

The 20th Arab Music Festival and Conference opened Friday evening at the Cairo Opera House with a dramatic pageant of…
Bands to Watch: El Zabaleen
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Bands to Watch: El Zabaleen

A local act to look out for is El Zabaleen, a seven-piece band formed in April 2010. Their unique instrumentation…
Bands to Watch: Dina El Wedidi
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Bands to Watch: Dina El Wedidi

Oh homeland we left you, and my tears fled away and died / Homeland you were our hope, and one…
The Shaabi music breakthrough
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The Shaabi music breakthrough

You must have heard the song "I'm the one whose life is so wrong,” by shaabi DJ Amr Haha. The DJs,…
Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House
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Master violinist to perform at the Cairo Opera House

If virtuoso violinist and composer Abdo Dagher were Japanese, he would have been declared a national treasure. As it is,…
In other words: From Poland with love
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In other words: From Poland with love

On a crisp Friday night, dozens of Egyptians, Poles and miscellaneous expats lounged on orange beanbags to take in the…
Album review: Mashrou’ Leila’s ‘El Hal Romancy’
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Album review: Mashrou’ Leila’s ‘El Hal Romancy’

At first glance, there seems to be much in common between Beirut’s Mashrou’ Leila and Cairo’s Wust el-Balad - they’re…
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