ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Hamo Bika rose up from the slums of this northern coastal city to become one of Egypt's most popular musicians. He has amassed millions of followers on YouTube and SoundCloud. He ...

The bibical tale of the Hebrews’ Exodus from Egypt had a terrific score, fast-moving story and well-crafted, often thrilling, ...

Leaders of a musicians’ licensing group are trying to curb mahraganat, a bold genre wildly popular with young people. It is not clear if they can. By Mona El-Naggar CAIRO — The song starts out like ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Prince of Egypt is a sweeping epic of a musical with music and lyrics by ...

In Egypt, popular music is dominated by slickly packaged songs and videos that critics complain are formulaic and uninspired. But a few bands are providing an alternative. One is Black Theama, which ...

Egypt's state-affiliated musicians' union on Sunday announced a temporary ban on electro-beat "mahraganat" singers, the cultural establishment's latest move to crack down on the hugely popular genre.

World-renowned soprano Sumi Jo is set to perform in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday at 8 p.m. to celebrate the nation's 30th ...

Once the epicentre of music in the Arabic-speaking world, Egypt finds it increasingly hard to meet the financial needs of its local musicians, who are looking to the Gulf states for more lucrative ...

Carson Chamber Singers, a 60-member chorus directed by Richard Hutton, presents Handel's Israel in Egypt, an oratorio for double chorus, six vocal soloists, and Baroque orchestra, in performances in ...

A ban was issued on a popular genre of street music. CAIRO -- 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, ...