Egypt's restrictions on what it deems inappropriate forms of art have reached a new height with a ban on a popular genre of street music.
News headlines today: Feb. 21, 2020's restrictions on what it deems inappropriate forms of art have reached a new height with a ban on a popular genre of street music, striking a chord with conservatives and drawing sharp rebuke from intellectuals and young music enthusiasts.
In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, youth dance at a local wedding in Salam City, a suburb on the outskirts of Cairo. Since the 2011 uprising, the music of "Mahraganat," Arabic for "festivals," has emerged from and spread through impoverished communities, where local musicians play, especially during weddings, their auto-tuned beats and songs that tackle social, political and cultural issues.
In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, youth dance at a local wedding in Salam City, a suburb on the outskirts of Cairo.In the video for"Bint Al-Giran" , which has been viewed on YouTube more than 115 million times since its release in early December, a man threatens to"drink alcohol and smoke hashish" if his lover abandons him.
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