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Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate contacts YouTube, SoundCloud to take down Mahraganat songs
Music

Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate contacts YouTube, SoundCloud to take down Mahraganat songs

Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate, headed by Hany Shaker, contacted streaming giants YouTube and SoundCloud to take down all the “mahraganat shaabi”…
Shaabi singer’s ‘Bent El Giran’ Mahragan song hits No. 2 on SoundCloud global chart
Culture

Shaabi singer’s ‘Bent El Giran’ Mahragan song hits No. 2 on SoundCloud global chart

The viral Mahragan song “Bent El Giran” (The neighbor’s daughter), from famed Shaabi singer Hassan Shakosh, has hit number two…
A Q&A with leading mahraganat singer Sadat
Art news

A Q&A with leading mahraganat singer Sadat

It’s not shaaby, and it’s not moulid music. It’s a mahragan, or a “festival,” and Sadat should know, considering he’s…
The Shaabi music breakthrough
Art news

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,…
Electronic music documents a neighborhood’s life
Art news

Electronic music documents a neighborhood’s life

It might be hard to imagine the bustling sounds of Cairo’s streets captured in an electronic music track. Can people's…
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