Le’ts go way down to “Upper Egypt” to make Nubian music with Mohamed Mounir.
Primarily hailing from southern Egypt and northern Sudan, though also present in communities all over North and East Africa, Egyptian-Nubian musicians have become known worldwide for blending ancient Egyptian folk with contemporary forms. Ali Hassan Kuban and Hamza al Din are known and well-respected on the “world music scene,” and Mohamed Mounir become especially popular in Egypt because of his outspoken support for the Egyptian pro-democracy movement. Watch Mounir performing with a stellar band (Mounir comes out about 2 minutes into the video)
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