The music Egypt doesn’t want you to hear
Nothing is Foreign
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Egyptian Musicians Syndicate
mahragenat exploded internationally. But as the genre grew abroad, at home in egypt, the artists started to see pushback. The group mahmud is talking about is called the egyptian musician syndicate. This past november, they band 19 artists from singing and performing in egypt. And in february, they band another artist named omar kamal. Kamal 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.
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