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Second Movement: Birds Watching

Rania Atef

In 2020, the popular genre or mahraganat music was banned in Egypt, on account of ‘spoiling public taste’. Taking this as a point of departure, Atef hosts Western classical music ‘in conversation’ with the lyrics and sounds of mahraganat, asking whether reconciliation on a musical level is possible.
Time: 5'
Year: 2020