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Katalog • 30 min read
Podcast | Katalog #3: BLTNM
Adham Zidan and Maha ElNabawi | In this episode, we speak with the founders of BLTNM, a record label based in Palestine.
6 August 2020
Katalog • 25 min read
Podcast | Katalog #2: Dina El Wedidi
Adham Zidan and Maha ElNabawi | When I heard the train, I heard a full band. It was great — there were so many different sounds.
19 March 2020
music interviews • 1 min read
Video | From Planet Kaio: The Synaptik
Ahmed El Sabbagh and Mai Elwakil | His debut album featured collaborations with El Rass, Bu Kolthoum, Abyusif, El Far3i and Mehrak.
30 January 2020
independent music • 22 min read
Podcast | Katalog #1: Maurice Louca
Maha ElNabawi | Katalog is a podcast about the process, production and meaning behind select works from the region
8 July 2019
music • 34 min read
An interview with Yasmine Hamdan
Ammar M. Hassan | "Kuwaiti dialect resembles English a little bit, Egyptian sounds dramatic, sometimes comic."
7 July 2017
music • 41 min read
Cairo, coffee, headphones and a conversation with Nur
Kamila Metwaly | From making music for Sufi dhikr rituals to the popularity of musique concrète
17 January 2017
music interviews • 34 min read
Skype, drinks, headphones and a conversation with Omrr
Kamila Metwaly | In the second of our in-depth interviews with musicians, Kamila Metwaly talks to Omar El Abd.
22 December 2016
100Copies • 40 min read
Cairo, coffee, headphones and a conversation with Ismail Hosny
Kamila Metwaly | The first of a series of in-depth interviews with musicians, with embedded music.
19 October 2016
music • 25 min read
Absolutely against nostalgia: An interview with Rami Abadir on his new release
Kamila Metwaly | "No music scene thrives on funds."
3 October 2016
 
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