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- Title
Egypt's Music of Protest From Sayyid Darwish to DJ Haha.
- Authors
Swedenburg, Ted
- Abstract
The article offers information on the Egyptian protest culture during a protest against Muhammad Husni Mubarak, former President of Egypt, that took place at the Tahrir Square in Egypt from January 24, 2011 to February 11, 2011. It mentions that the nationalist and protest music was sung by musicians and other protesters during the protest. It describes the anti-imperial struggle of the people through music. It also informs about the role of Rami 'Isam, a rock singer from Mansoura, Egypt, during the protest. It further focuses on the classical revolutionary music which was performed by artists at the time of the revolution.
- Subjects
MANSURAH (Egypt); EGYPT; REVOLUTIONARY music; MUBARAK, Hosni, 1928-2020; REVOLUTIONS; 'ISAM, Rami; ROCK musicians; POLITICAL change; EGYPTIAN revolution, Egypt, 2011
- Publication
Middle East Report, 2012, Issue 265, p39
- ISSN
0899-2851
- Publication type
Article