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

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A New Genra of Music in Cairo

Mahganat music is the result of the egyptian understanding of modern music, very much linked to the past. Mahrganot's musical precursor is shaby, another working class genra that came out of cairo in the 19 seventies. So maragonot came from younger people at this time of technology and accessibility to music software.

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