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Since the Nasser era, Egyptian pop music has become increasingly important in Egyptian culture, particularly among the large youth population of Egypt. Egyptian folk music continues to be played during weddings and other traditional festivities. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Egyptian music was a way to communicate social and class ...
Historically, Islamic art and music flourished during the Islamic Golden Age. [11] [12] [13] Today, secular and folk musical styles in the Muslim Middle East are found in Arabic music, Egyptian music, Iranian music, Turkish classical music; and in North Africa, Algerian, and Moroccan music.
Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn of Africa , Balkans , and West Africa , Iran , Central Asia , and South Asia .
In Arab culture, [1] the zaffa (Egyptian Arabic: زفـّـة / ALA-LC: zaffah), or wedding march, is a musical procession of bendir drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers and men carrying flaming swords. This is an ancient Egyptian tradition that predates Islam.
Azeri Music, the varied traditions of Cypriot music, the Turkish music of Turkey, traditional Assyrian music, Coptic ritual music in Egypt as well as other genres of Egyptian music in general. It is widely regarded that some Middle-Eastern musical styles have influenced Central Asia, as well as the Balkans and Spain.
Egypt is a Grammy Award-winning album by the Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, on which he is accompanied by the Egyptian Fathy Salama Orchestra.By incorporating Arabic influences and focusing on Muslim religious themes, the album was a departure from previous N'Dour releases. [2]
Rebab (Arabic: ربابة, rabāba, variously spelled rebap, rubob, rebeb, rababa, rabeba, robab, rubab, rebob, etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe. [1]
Mahraganat is a combination of working class popular Egyptian music played at weddings, EDM and hip-hop, with heavy autotune use. The Sound was originally Invented by the Producer Amr 7a7a, DJ Figo made the genre more well known with his team Including Sadat and Alaa Fifty released during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution .