The reedy tones of a synthesizer bleed into the soundscape of dissonant electronics. Subsonic bass shakes the earth as metallic percussion comes down like thunder. When the storm breaks, a frantic ...

The underground genre known as Mahraganat is hugely popular in Egypt – but not with everyone. Adham Youssef explores the controversy. Since the 1970s, popular working-class music in Egypt has been ...

Starting in the mid-2000s, a pulsing fusion of EDM, rap and Egyptian folk – known as Mahraganat – has risen from the streets of Cairo and become a worldwide phenomenon. But Egypt's authorities are now ...

The decision was announced by the syndicate board during a press conference at its headquarters on Sunday to introduce newly-elected union president Mostafa Kamel. Kamel, 52, who was elected on ...

Mahraganat is a hugely popular underground music genre in Egypt - and the state wants to censor it. It’s seen by the authorities as a threat to moral standards and artists are being banned from ...

Cairo (AFP) – Egypt's state-affiliated musicians' union on Sunday announced a temporary ban on electro-beat "mahraganat" singers, the cultural establishment's latest move to crack down on the hugely ...