Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: The music Egypt doesn't want you to hear

Published: April 30, 2022, 8:10 a.m.

b"Starting in the mid-2000s, a pulsing fusion of EDM, rap and Egyptian folk \\u2013 known as Mahraganat \\u2013 has risen from the streets of Cairo and become a worldwide phenomenon.\\n\\nBut Egypt's authorities are now cracking down on the music and the artists creating it, saying it's immoral and corrupting young people.\\n\\nWe take you inside the culture and class wars of Egypt and explore what the banning of popular music says about the African country's image and its future.\\n \\nFeaturing: \\nMahmoud Refat, music producer and executive of 100Copies Music.\\nFady Adel, Egyptian culture journalist."