<p>Dallo - Ghara (Remastered)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9l_-PR7a0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9l_-PR7a0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9l_-</span><span class="invisible">PR7a0</span></a></p><p>Sufi chants with electronic experimentation.</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>
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<p>Nadah El Shazly - Kaabi Aali<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YJsPZaWME" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YJsPZaWME"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YJsP</span><span class="invisible">ZaWME</span></a></p><p>“This song takes place amidst Cairo’s neon green city lights and should definitely be listened to at high volume in the car.”</p><p><a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>Hady Moamer - Enta<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNo-0dF_as" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNo-0dF_as"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNo-0</span><span class="invisible">dF_as</span></a></p><p>From album "Marsam" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hadymoamer" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.youtube.com/@hadymoamer</a></p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>
<p>A <a href="/tags/roman/" rel="tag">#Roman</a> leather <a href="/tags/brief/" rel="tag">#brief</a>/<a href="/tags/bikini/" rel="tag">#bikini</a> bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD. So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were used as underwear or whether they were worn by acrobats. A terracotta figurine from <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> shows briefs very similar to the one from Trier, the cut-out design is clearly visible. </p><p>📷 bikini: Landesmuseum Trier<br>📷 figurine: Universität Trier</p>
<p>Re-writing the rules of Tunisian rap</p><p>Blending Tunisian rap with Egyptian mahraganat, Lully Snake defies sexist norms, blurs borders, and opens a new space for feminist rebellion in North African popular culture.</p><p><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/05/re-writing-the-rules-of-tunisian-rap" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/05/re-writing-the-rules-of-tunisian-rap"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/05/re</span><span class="invisible">-writing-the-rules-of-tunisian-rap</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tunisia/" rel="tag">#Tunisia</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a> <a href="/tags/hiphop/" rel="tag">#HipHop</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>TUL8TE - Seneen<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zgK7FO_yA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zgK7FO_yA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zgK7</span><span class="invisible">FO_yA</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>
<p>Donia Wael, 5mstashr - A7san 7al<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPbro-Mc_c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPbro-Mc_c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPbro</span><span class="invisible">-Mc_c</span></a></p><p>Written for the new Egyptian TV series "Batal Al Alam."</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>Dallo, 3eff, Mariam Aziz - Ya 7asra<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiedKfKCp8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiedKfKCp8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiedK</span><span class="invisible">fKCp8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>
<p>Omar Khorshid – Ahwak</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/omar-khorshid-ahwak/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/omar-khorshid-ahwak/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/omar-khorshi</span><span class="invisible">d-ahwak/</span></a></p><p>“With Love” is a cult instrumental album from 1978, originally released by Omar Khorshid in Lebanon.The album features Khorshid‘s trademark twangy electric guitar sound over arabic melodies enhanced by fascinating fuzzed-up arrangements and early synthesizer sounds.</p><p>There’s a vinyl in a remastered version on Bandcamp: “With Love LP Special Edition”.</p><p>The late Omar Khorshid […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
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<p>Donia Wael & El Waili - Moshkela<br>دنيا وائل - مشكلة</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeHcNxVPtg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeHcNxVPtg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeHcN</span><span class="invisible">xVPtg</span></a></p><p>Problem<br>Life is harsher than us<br>(Problem (It's not like that)<br>Life is faster than us<br>Oh, if only we took our time<br>Slowly, slowly<br>Oh, if only we took our time<br>Once by ourselves<br>Problem... Problem</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>Morning, camel market near Birqash. <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#egypt</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/visualambience/" rel="tag">#visualambience</a></p>
<p>From the vault: 2014</p><p>حسين الجسمي - بشرة خير<br>Hussain Al Jassmi - Boshret Kheir</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBvVTNRp4Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBvVTNRp4Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBvVT</span><span class="invisible">NRp4Q</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>Intro for Jinja by the Nile Project</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/intro-video-jinja-nile-project/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/intro-video-jinja-nile-project/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/intro-video-</span><span class="invisible">jinja-nile-project/</span></a></p><p>In January 2013, the Nile Project brought together 18 musicians from Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt to experiment with a collaborative creative process that would last 10 days. Each musician brought 2 songs. In the mornings, they taught one another their respective musical languages. in the afternoons, [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/burundi/" rel="tag">#Burundi</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/rwanda/" rel="tag">#Rwanda</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a> <a href="/tags/tanzania/" rel="tag">#Tanzania</a></p>
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<p>El Waili & Khateeb - HALAK W HALY<br>الوايلي وخطيب - حالك وحالي (مسلسل ظلم المصطبه)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIeHk1K3D0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIeHk1K3D0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIeHk</span><span class="invisible">1K3D0</span></a></p><p>Egyptian producer El Waili and Khateeb composed this track for the Ramadan series "Zolm El Mastaba".</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/ramadan/" rel="tag">#Ramadan</a></p>
<p>Opika Pende – Africa At 78 RPM</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-</span><span class="invisible">africa-78-rpm/</span></a></p><p>“Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM” is a 4-CD collection featuring 100 tracks, released in 2011, taken from rare 78 RPM recordings of African music (1909 to mid-1960s), none of which have ever been issued on CD.</p><p>Many African countries appear in this compilation, edited by Jonathan Ward: [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/algeria/" rel="tag">#Algeria</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/niger/" rel="tag">#Niger</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/somalia/" rel="tag">#Somalia</a> <a href="/tags/tunisia/" rel="tag">#Tunisia</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>TUL8TE - Heseeny<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHC-9PGT5ZQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHC-9PGT5ZQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHC-9P</span><span class="invisible">GT5ZQ</span></a></p><p>Egyptian Pop meets Flamenco</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
<p>Ma-Beyn - Million So2al<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpUqJ-7ZLQ" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpUqJ-7ZLQ"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpUqJ</span><span class="invisible">-7ZLQ</span></a></p><p>Palestinian Egyptian artist Ma-Beyn features Sudanese rapper Mujvhed on this song, reflecting on the many questions Palestinians, Sudanese, and people throughout the region have about the current state of the world.</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a></p>
<p>From Nubia to Cairo – Ali Hassan Kuban</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nubia-cairo-ali-hassan-kuban/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nubia-cairo-ali-hassan-kuban/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nubia-cairo-</span><span class="invisible">ali-hassan-kuban/</span></a></p><p>Ali Hassan Kuban is considered The Godfather of Nubian Soul. “From Nubia to Cairo” was first released in the 80s, and revisited in 2018 as “the first milestone in urban Nubian Pop”.</p><p>From a self-taught musician exploring his Nubian people’s musical roots to a professional, successfully leading his various bands into new, vibrant, international pop […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Live at WOMAD 1982</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-womad-1982/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/live-womad-1982/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/live-womad-1</span><span class="invisible">982/</span></a></p><p>A historic live recording celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Festival “Womad 1982”, a landmark cultural moment including performances by Echo & The Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, The Beat, The Drummers of Burundi, The Musicians of the Nile and many more.</p><p><a href="/tags/burundi/" rel="tag">#Burundi</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a></p>
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<p>>>> Alaa Abdelfattah was a co-founder of APC member organisation Motoon in <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> and one of the leading voices and campaigners during the 2011 revolution. In 2024, Alaa was named Writer of Courage when Arundhati Roy shared her PEN Pinter Prize with him.</p><p>As we celebrate his freedom, we remain deeply engaged in Alaa’s and his family's fight for justice, while we also remember the many others facing similar situations for exercising their right to free speech.</p><p><a href="https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-celebrates-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-release" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.apc.org/en/news/apc-celebrates-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-release"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.apc.org/en/news/apc-celebr</span><span class="invisible">ates-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-release</span></a></p>
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<p>Youssra El Hawary - Douri<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvd9CuNO58A" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvd9CuNO58A"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvd9Cu</span><span class="invisible">NO58A</span></a></p><p>Blending field recordings of Cairo with jazz, folk, and ambient music.<br>From Taraddud EP: <a href="https://youssraelhawary.bandcamp.com/album/taraddud" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youssraelhawary.bandcamp.com/album/taraddud"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youssraelhawary.bandcamp.com/a</span><span class="invisible">lbum/taraddud</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/ambient/" rel="tag">#Ambient</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>
<p>Hebina Hebina – Farid El Atrache</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/hebina-hebina-farid-el-atrache/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/hebina-hebina-farid-el-atrache/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/hebina-hebin</span><span class="invisible">a-farid-el-atrache/</span></a></p><p>Farid El Atrache, c’est un peu l’équivalent masculin d’Oum Kalthoum, une légende de la musique égyptienne. Surnommé “le roi du oud”, l’auteur, compositeur et interprète (1910-1974), outre ses centaines de chansons, a également joué dans une trentaine de films, dont Nagham Fi Hayati, sorti l’année de sa mort et dont il signa la bande originale, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/ost/" rel="tag">#OST</a></p>
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<p>Alsarah – Your love is home // حبك وطن</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/alsarah-your-love-is-home/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/alsarah-your-love-is-home/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/alsarah-your</span><span class="invisible">-love-is-home/</span></a></p><p>“Your love is home” is a song composed by Alsarah in 2021, as a response to the novel “Home is Not a Country.”</p><p>“Rather than re-narrate the character’s story, I chose to imagine a parallel world and character to it that echoes the same feelings. In doing so I hope to connect the common thread of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a></p>
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<p>Mahmoud Fadl – The Drummers Of The Nile</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mahmoud-fadl-the-drummers-of-the-nile/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mahmoud-fadl-the-drummers-of-the-nile/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mahmoud-fadl</span><span class="invisible">-the-drummers-of-the-nile/</span></a></p><p>Master drummer Mahmoud Fadl has digged deep into his musical roots. Hypnotic percussion and Nubian drums.</p><p>As a young boy, by absorbing the blockbuster Egyptian movie musicals of the period, he became an admirer of the legendary dancer Samia Gamal and was enchanted by the voices of Farid El Atrache and Umm Kalthum, mixing his […]</p><p><a href="/tags/djing/" rel="tag">#DJing</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a></p>
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<p>Umm Kulthum – أم كلثوم</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/om-kalsoum-alf-leila-wa-leila/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/om-kalsoum-alf-leila-wa-leila/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/om-kalsoum-a</span><span class="invisible">lf-leila-wa-leila/</span></a></p><p>Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi (1898 – 1975), known by her stage name Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم, romanized: Umm Kulthūm, pronounced [ˈomme kælˈsuːm]; also spelled Oum Kalthoum, Om Koultoum, Om Kalsoum or other variants in English or other languages), was an Egyptian singer and film actress.</p><p>Om Kalsoum! They call her ’The Rose of the Nile’, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/egypt/" rel="tag">#Egypt</a> <a href="/tags/vinyl/" rel="tag">#Vinyl</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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