Dallo - Ghara (Remastered)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_9l_-PR7a0
Sufi chants with electronic experimentation.
egypt
Nadah El Shazly - Kaabi Aali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YJsPZaWME
“This song takes place amidst Cairo’s neon green city lights and should definitely be listened to at high volume in the car.”
Hady Moamer - Enta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNo-0dF_as
From album "Marsam" https://www.youtube.com/@hadymoamer
A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini 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 #Egypt shows briefs very similar to the one from Trier, the cut-out design is clearly visible.
📷 bikini: Landesmuseum Trier
📷 figurine: Universität Trier
Re-writing the rules of Tunisian rap
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.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/05/re-writing-the-rules-of-tunisian-rap
Dallo, 3eff, Mariam Aziz - Ya 7asra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiedKfKCp8
Donia Wael & El Waili - Moshkela
دنيا وائل - مشكلة
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBeHcNxVPtg
Problem
Life is harsher than us
(Problem (It's not like that)
Life is faster than us
Oh, if only we took our time
Slowly, slowly
Oh, if only we took our time
Once by ourselves
Problem... Problem
From the vault: 2014
حسين الجسمي - بشرة خير
Hussain Al Jassmi - Boshret Kheir
Intro for Jinja by the Nile Project
https://amf.didiermary.fr/intro-video-jinja-nile-project/
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, [...]
#Burundi #Egypt #EPK #Ethiopia #Kenya #Rwanda #Sudan #Tanzania
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El Waili & Khateeb - HALAK W HALY
الوايلي وخطيب - حالك وحالي (مسلسل ظلم المصطبه)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIeHk1K3D0
Egyptian producer El Waili and Khateeb composed this track for the Ramadan series "Zolm El Mastaba".
Opika Pende – Africa At 78 RPM
https://amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/
“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.
Many African countries appear in this compilation, edited by Jonathan Ward: [...]
#Algeria #Compilation #Egypt #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Nigeria #Somalia #Tunisia #OldAfricanMusic
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Ma-Beyn - Million So2al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpUqJ-7ZLQ
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.
From Nubia to Cairo – Ali Hassan Kuban
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nubia-cairo-ali-hassan-kuban/
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”.
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 […]
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Live at WOMAD 1982
https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-womad-1982/
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.
Edited 111d ago
>>> Alaa Abdelfattah was a co-founder of APC member organisation Motoon in #Egypt 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.
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.
https://www.apc.org/en/news/apc-celebrates-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-release
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Youssra El Hawary - Douri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvd9CuNO58A
Blending field recordings of Cairo with jazz, folk, and ambient music.
From Taraddud EP: https://youssraelhawary.bandcamp.com/album/taraddud
Hebina Hebina – Farid El Atrache
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hebina-hebina-farid-el-atrache/
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, […]
Edited 74d ago