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“Back Down Mubarak!” is in essence what millions of protestors have been chanting in a unified voice for the 18…

As Tahrir rapidly imposed itself as the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution and a space of peaceful demonstrations, a frenzy…

Those who have witnessed recent Cairo protests know firsthand just how loud they can get. But as protesters continue to…

Ahmed Basiony, a Cairo-born artist, experimental musician and teacher in his early thirties, was killed while participating in the first…

Best known by the moniker the Narcicyst, artist Yassin Alsalman demonstrates the possibilities of non-violent resistance through hip-hop. The Iraqi-Canadian…

In terms of non-violent protest, few things can be as emotionally engaging as music, a fact clearly reflected in the…

In the crammed cube that is El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music’s Tanboura Hall, audience and performers were forced…

 

Halfway through their rollicking Monday night performance at the Cairo Jazz Club, two things became immediately obvious about Kaza Mada.…

Nihad Hadad, known to the Arab world as Fairouz, is considered by many to be the most important singer alive…