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Music freedom day salutes Arab demonstrators
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Music freedom day salutes Arab demonstrators

Musicians in the Middle East will pay tribute to the Arab uprising and commemorate the death of an Egyptian musician…
Master Mimz: a Moroccan woman raps on the Egyptian revolution
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Master Mimz: a Moroccan woman raps on the Egyptian revolution

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

As Tahrir rapidly imposed itself as the epicenter of the Egyptian revolution and a space of peaceful demonstrations, a frenzy…
Revolutionary music: The noise from Tahrir
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Revolutionary music: The noise from Tahrir

Those who have witnessed recent Cairo protests know firsthand just how loud they can get. But as protesters continue to…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony
Egypt

Fallen faces of the uprising: Ahmed Basiony

Ahmed Basiony, a Cairo-born artist, experimental musician and teacher in his early thirties, was killed while participating in the first…
Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour
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Artists to watch: ‘Lyrical ambassadors’ Yassin Alsalman and Shadia Mansour

Best known by the moniker the Narcicyst, artist Yassin Alsalman demonstrates the possibilities of non-violent resistance through hip-hop. The Iraqi-Canadian…
Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo
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Sound of Solidarity: ‘Microphone’ musicians gather in Cairo

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

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

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