Hassan El Soghaiar
Hassan El Soghaia ECCA promotes the Nubian pop music of Hassan El Soghaiar, born in Embarkab in Upper Egypt. Based on traditional Nubian songs, but using a wider range of instruments to create a...
Hassan El Soghaia ECCA promotes the Nubian pop music of Hassan El Soghaiar, born in Embarkab in Upper Egypt. Based on traditional Nubian songs, but using a wider range of instruments to create a...
Aragid is a traditional Nubian troupe, aiming to save the ancient Nubian musical traditions. This legacy is in danger of extinction as Nubians younger than 60 years of age have forgotten the ancient songs...
Arab poets from Aswan Sayed Rekabi is counted among the few singers who still perform the original repertoire of the traditional music of the Arab tribes of Upper Egypt. Born in the village of...
Sufi music Egypt has a long standing tradition in religious Sufi music and some of the most famous munshids (performers of Islamic religious singing) come from here. Sufism is a mystical dimension of Islam,...
Rural Songs of the Nile Delta ECCA has brought together musicians from Menufiya, Qalyubiya and Sharqiya, provinces in the Egyptian Delta, to form the group Mawawil. These performers play a wide repertoire of the...
Mazaher is an ensemble in which women play a leading role. The musicians of Mazaher are among the last remaining Zar practitioners in Egypt. As one of the African dimensions of Egypt, Zar music...