The ban, announced on Feb. 16,  said that the street musicians' songs promote “unethical and immoral” behavior in society — a reference to the lyrics of the song that started the controversy on Feb. 14. Cairo (AFP) - The union of Egyptian musicians has banned performances by singers of popular street music after the lyrics of a chart-topping song were deemed too racy for the conservative country. 04:18 02. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. 12 tracks (48:35). Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music. The link to reset the password will be sent to your email address. One singer who is huge on the Internet and the local wedding scene is Mahmoud El Leithy. Hany Shaker, head of the syndicate and a musician, told local media that the decision was based on a widespread social consensus over the immorality of the songs. "This is very original stuff," he says. 2010 | Hollywood Music Center Street Music of Cairo The Egyptian Shaabi All-Stars | 15-06-2010 Total duration: 48 min. The union of Egyptian musicians has banned performances by singers of popular street music after the lyrics of a chart-topping song were deemed too racy for the conservative country. Not too Shaabi: Praed orchestra take Egyptian street music to Sharjah . They created many instruments that were easy play like bells, drums, rattles, chimes, tambourines, and clapping hands. A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light. Grammy-winning Egyptian composer and arranger Fathy Salama is not alone in his feeling that Hosni Mubarak's 30-year regime stifled artistic creativity with its banal media products and education policies that discouraged innovation. * Shaabi music originated in the restive urban culture of the streets of Cairo. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at … Originating in the streets of Cairo in the 1970s, Shaabi music – often played at weddings and street parties – is defined by its underclass roots and its hodgepodge sound that mixes classical Arabic music … Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate Bans Popular Mahraganat Music. Menna A. Farouk | Women’s rights | Jan 10, 2021, Baher al-Kady | Coronavirus | Jan 5, 2021, Daoud Kuttab | Cultural heritage | Dec 30, 2020, George Mikhail | Armed Militias and Extremist Groups | Dec 30, 2020, Baher al-Kady | Water Issues | Jan 20, 2021, Rasha Mahmoud | Infrastructure | Jan 20, 2021, A correspondent in Egypt | Courts and the law | Jan 17, 2021, Baher al-Kady | Ethnic/Religious Minorities | Jan 19, 2021. These songs "threaten public taste" and "encourages moral decline," he was quoted as saying in a statement from the syndicate. It's a new form, for me. In one episode Egyptians are asked to imagine how the revolution will affect their popular music. Ancient Egypt for Kids Music and Dance. [It has the concept of radical music — repetitions in beats and cutting and doing and looping.] Egyptian Streets is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Egyptian and Middle Eastern streets, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the … Ancient Egypt musical instruments found buried with the dead often have the names of the Egyptian gods Hathor and Bes, who were the gods of music, inscribed on them. The decision has also been discussed among members of the parliament. Multi-­instrumentalist Maurice Loucais part of the ensemble, along with rising star Nadah El Shazly, who will … Adel al-Masry, head of the Chamber of Tourism Establishments, told the local media that the chamber supports the syndicate’s decision as it preserves Egyptian identity, culture and art. Egypt bans popular street music after deeming it too racy Restrictions target singers of ‘mahraganat,’ which has roots in impoverished Cairo suburbs and … Hamo Bika’s recording studio in Alexandria, Egypt, is adorned with posters of his past shows. CAIRO: The union of Egyptian musicians has banned performances by singers of popular street music after the lyrics of a chart-topping song were deemed too racy for the conservative country. Egyptian Streets. As is the case anywhere in the world, the music that the general population […] This summer I spent a month in Egypt doing research for the public radio program Afropop Worldwide. I mean, he's tapping a chord that's very deep inside every Egyptian who was raised in this society — where religion permeates everything. The union of Egyptian musicians has banned performances by singers of popular street music after the lyrics of a chart-topping song were deemed too racy for the conservative country. Street Music of Cairo. Singer Hassan Shakosh performed the song with those lyrics in a ceremony on Valentine’s Day at Cairo International Stadium, but removed the sentence from the lyrics following the reaction. 2010 Preview SONG TIME Orgos. The song became a hit on YouTube with so far more than 113 million viewers and 59.9 million listeners on SoundCloud. I met DJ Islam Chipsy while he was performing and cutting loose at a Cairo street wedding. 1. Featuring Egyptians from around the world who fuel creative social change and their journeys that brought them here.