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

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Mahmud Says the Syndicate Is a 'Hard Line' in Egypt

The egyptian musician syndicate sets the official standards for music and hands out permits for artists to perform on stage. This past november, they bannd 19 artists from singing and performing in egypt. In february, they band another artist named omar kamal. Camal is one of the people who was sentenced to a year in jail last month along with hamo bika,. On charges of violating family values in egyptian society. It all stemmed from a video of them singing and dancing with a belly dancer.

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