The year 2025 highlighted a growing divide in Egypt’s music ecosystem, as major festivals and star-led events continued to ...

It might be almost impossible to pinpoint the most popular or successful music productions of the year, as is success really measurable? Should we follow the charts or count the views on YouTube or ...

For many decades Egypt was at the heart of Arabic music, and a pioneer of Western classical music practices in the Arab world. Egypt’s Golden Age (1950s-1970s) was known for setting trends and ...

Egypt has long been a key hub of Arab music and a cultural powerhouse in the Arab world — MOHAMED EL-SHAHED With its catchy beats and in-your-face lyrics, Egypt's hugely popular electro "mahraganat" ...

Performing at Coachella on the lower end of the bill has its benefits - it gives you something to aim for. This realisation hit Bayou when he shared the stage as a guest of Palestinian-American artist ...

The 25-year-old has become a streaming star without releasing a full album. He just wrapped his first shows in the United States, and hopes to take his music even further. By Danny Hajjar Reporting ...

Al-Ayoubi's singing career launched in 1991 with her biggest hit Ala Bali (On my Mind). As singer, composer and songwriter, she produced three albums, Ala Bali, Rafiq Omy and Min Zaman, between 1991 ...

Leaders of a musicians’ licensing group are trying to curb mahraganat, a bold genre wildly popular with young people. It is not clear if they can. By Mona El-Naggar CAIRO — The song starts out like ...

Music superstars Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s son, 12-year-old Egypt, recently revealed that he doesn’t want to follow into the music industry in his parent’s footsteps. The pre-teen briefly appeared ...