Minister of Culture Ahmed Fouad Hanno designated 15 September each year as the "Egyptian Music Day". This year the date coincides with the 102nd death anniversary of The People's Artist - Sayed ...

The initiative reflects the ministry's commitment to "strengthening the role of Egyptian music as one of the most vital pillars of national identity and a cornerstone of Egypt’s soft power," the ...

Egypt will mark its first Egyptian Music Day on Monday, 15 September, with more than 100 events across 80 venues in Cairo and other governorates. The day also commemorates the death anniversary of ...

Anyma's Pyramids of Giza concert in Egypt set a record, organizers say. Here's how it happened, according to CAA agent Ferry Rais-Shaghaghi.

The first few seconds of Marwan Moussa’s song “3AMEL EH” open with an interaction between the rapper and a voice that seemingly belongs to his therapist. The therapist can be heard asking the ...

The Egyptian-born composer explains the process behind his Emmy-nominated score for the Marvel/Disney+ limited series. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor The call from Marvel Studios came out of the blue, ...

The Pyramids of Giza became the perfect stage for an electronic music performance — and for many, it felt darker ...

Imagine a style of music that combines funk, jazz, R&B, soul — a fusion that becomes powerful enough to create a political movement and inflames a nation’s authoritarian leadership. That’s the West ...

Once the epicentre of music in the Arabic-speaking world, Egypt finds it increasingly hard to meet the financial needs of its local musicians, who are looking to the Gulf states for more lucrative ...

CAIRO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Backed by a troupe on drums and tambourines, 72-year-old Um Sameh performs songs that gradually crescendo against waves of percussion. One of the last practitioners of Zar ...

The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.That would be at the Metropolitan ...