For Egyptian musician Dina el Wedidi, each project is a kind of journey. Her debut album in 2014, Turning Back, was a trip through history, mining Egyptian folk music and Arab poetry. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction : composing the music of Africa / Malcolm Floyd -- Melodic and rhythmic aspects of African music / Christopher James -- Egyptian folk music / Adel Kamel -- Roots of Ghanaian composers / ...

The day also commemorates the death anniversary of Sayed Darwish (14 March 1892 - 15 September 1923), an Egyptian musician, composer, and singer. He is widely regarded as the father of modern Egyptian ...