shaabi music
Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate contacts YouTube, SoundCloud to take down Mahraganat songs
Music
February 20, 2020
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
February 7, 2020
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
April 18, 2013
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
October 22, 2011
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
October 2, 2011
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…