Shaabi music has always been a mirror of Egypt’s streets, its frustrations, its joy. From cassette tapes passed between microbuses to trap beats on Spotify, the genre has shapeshifted across ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Dutch DJ is bringing underground Egyptian street music to Western night clubs with the hope that it will paint the troubled North African country in a better light.

Egyptian Shaabi icon Ahmed Adaweya, 77, and his son, Mohamed, 46, have been featured in Mohamed Ramadan’s new Mahraganat trio single Ala Wadena (As We Are).

Impact of competition within Hashd al-Shaabi The tensions that have arisen in the wake of the airstrike have manifested themselves in different ways. First, the competition calls into question the ...