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Underground: Women artists defy stereotypes, mainstream music in Egypt

Underground: Women artists defy stereotypes, mainstream music in Egypt

Through rock, metal, rap and jazz, women underground musicians in Egypt get their message across.

كتب: Rahma Diaa

Wednesday 11-05-2016 12:49 PM
Whose Cairo is featured in al-Qahira music video?

Whose Cairo is featured in al-Qahira music video?

One of the two Egyptian music idols had just returned from Dubai, the other from Germany, to shoot a song in praise of a Cairo that they cannot actually stand living in, wrote a young Egyptian dentist in a facebook post that was shared more than 7,600 times and liked by 26,000 people as of Wednesday.

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Thursday 04-02-2016 07:57 AM
Egypt sentences 3 to prison for encouraging 'immorality' through music video

Egypt sentences 3 to prison for encouraging 'immorality' through music video

Three people were sentenced to one year with labour by an Egyptian misdemeanour court on Sunday for creating a music video that was recently circulated online.

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Sunday 28-06-2015 02:10 PM
Dutch DJ brings Egypt's

Dutch DJ brings Egypt's "electro-shaabi" street music to Europe

A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light.

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Wednesday 21-08-2013 03:42 PM
Musical night to protest violence against women

Musical night to protest violence against women

An Egyptian women rights group called on all women who have been subjected to violence to protest Thursday against violence with music, singing and dialogue.

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Wednesday 13-02-2013 05:00 PM
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