In our online classes we sing our own adaptation of “Wala WaHed,” an electrifying song by Hakim, one of the main superstars of the Egyptian genre called SHAABI, which arose in the 1970’s as the “music of the streets.” Hakim, who was born and raised in the small, working class Egyptian town of Maghagha, aspired to be a singer from a young age. He related to Shaabi as pioneered by Egyptian musician and film star Ahmed Adaweya. The song “Wala WaHed” is the passionate declaration that the object of the singer’s love is a one-in-a-million catch. Technicaly, in increasingly overpopulated Egypt, that would indicate that there are roughly 100 of them . . . but I think we know that the song means.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
