On the economic history of making music in Egypt and Yousra El Hawary’s crowdfunding campaign
Crowdfunding may be a way to rebel against the rules of the market and the state.
Crowdfunding may be a way to rebel against the rules of the market and the state.
Sometime in the mid-1960s, an Egyptian dancer made an audacious attempt to do the impossible: belly dance to Om Kalthoum's songs.
Music that stems from cultural appropriation, in contrast to fusion, is produced spontaneously, assisted by elements from two or more kinds of music to produce a new sound capable of…
The seminal 1970s Kuwaiti comedy show Darb al-Zalaq (The Slippery Path) tells the story of Hussain, a janitor who comes into wealth after the government buys his house during the…
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