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Abyusif
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Talking to Phil Battiekh: A Swiss DJ who plays mahraganat
Rami Abadir
| The media has often placed mahraganat music in exoticizing narratives
100Copies
19 min read
Controversial tunes: D-CAF’s music, 100Copies and mahraganat
Maha ElNabawi
| This year’s edition left both audiences and artists frustrated over the curation and management of
Alaa Fifty
21 min read
Salute the Parrot: Fantasy of the real
Kinda Hassan
| "I feel that the musicians and audience are light years ahead of the institutions." Kinda Hassan talks
feminism
10 min read
Pop, patriarchy and fake nostalgia
Andeel and Maha ElNabawi
| In seeking to make hits, female singers started making songs speaking in the language an insecure man
8%
11 min read
Assessing two films on mahragan music
Maha ElNabawi
| In my experience, good music documentaries are structured around a question or quest. In “Searching
Amr 7a7a
10 min read
You just got mahraganed
Andeel
| It’s going to be difficult for you to like mahraganat if you’re the kind of person who asks the waiter
Panorama
Alaa Fifty
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