Sayyed Darwish
Culture ministry to mark birth anniversary of Sayed Darwish
Art news
March 16, 2015
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
July 22, 2012
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
January 26, 2012
‘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
March 27, 2011
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…