Sayyed Darwish

Culture ministry to mark birth anniversary of Sayed Darwish
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Culture ministry to mark birth anniversary of Sayed Darwish

The Ministry of Culture in Alexandria is celebrating on 20 March the birth anniversary of Sayed Darwish, one of Egypt’s…
Let the music play on: Arab music from the turn of the century finally finds a home
Archaeology

Let the music play on: Arab music from the turn of the century finally finds a home

In the mountainous Lebanese village of Qurnet al-Hamra is a musicians’ haven: a state-of-the-art studio specialized in digitizing, researching and…
‘Songs for Tahrir’: Music for and from liberation
Art news

‘Songs for Tahrir’: Music for and from liberation

Most times that Palestinian artist and musician Reem Kelani was in Tahrir Square, she took her tape recorder along. She…
Celebrating Sayyed Darwish: Egypt’s revolutionary singer
Archaeology

Celebrating Sayyed Darwish: Egypt’s revolutionary singer

Alexandria--“That’s a major success,” said poet Hamdy Zidan, describing the large audience who came to the ceremony commemorating the 129th…
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