We caught up with Nayer Nagui ahead of his first show with Hisham Kharma, to talk about translating electronic compositions for an orchestra, revisiting earlier work, and what can happen when two musicians step into each other’s worlds. Watch the full interview on WaraElMazzika.com (link in bio). 🎥 @WaraElMazzika

Live from @YouTubeArabia’s exclusive event “Big Artist, Small Venue” taking place at Cairo Jazz Club 610, where Lege-Cy gave an intimate performance of fan-favorite track ‘Wala Meen’ featuring Zaid Zaza. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

Live from @YouTubeArabia’s exclusive event “Big Artist, Small Venue”, where Lege-Cy performed his newly released track ‘Amara’ for the very first time at Cairo Jazz Club 610. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

28 years ago, September 26, 1998, Cheb Khaled, Rachid Taha, and Faudel came together at Paris’s Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy for 1, 2, 3 Soleil, a landmark concert celebrating Raï and its place in Algerian musical culture. Bringing three generations of artists onto one stage, the performance paired Khaled and Taha’s established careers with Faudel’s emergence as one of the genre’s next major voices. More than a meeting of three celebrated names, it captured a moment when Algerian music and the diaspora’s cultural presence in France were becoming increasingly visible. Khaled had recently reached a new level of international recognition with ‘Aïcha’, while Taha’s version of ‘Ya Rayah’ had become one of his defining recordings. Faudel, meanwhile, represented a younger generation carrying Raï forward. The timing added another layer: taking place in the year France hosted and won the FIFA World Cup, the concert unfolded amid heightened visibility for the country’s multicultural identity and its North African communities. منذ 28 عامًا، في 26 سبتمبر 1998، اجتمع الشاب خالد، ورشيد طه، وفضيل في قصر أومني سبور دو باريس-بيرسي في باريس، في حفل ‘1، 2، 3 سولاي’، وهو حفل موسيقي بارز احتفى بموسيقى الراي ومكانتها في الثقافة الموسيقية الجزائرية. جمع الحفل ثلاثة أجيال من الفنانين على مسرح واحد، بين المسيرة الراسخة لخالد وطه وصعود فضيل كواحد من أبرز الأصوات الجديدة في هذا النوع الموسيقي. أكثر من مجرد لقاء بين ثلاثة أسماء بارزة، وثّق الحفل لحظة كانت فيها الموسيقى الجزائرية والحضور الثقافي للجالية الجزائرية في فرنسا يكتسبان حضورًا متزايدًا. كان الشاب خالد قد وصل قبلها إلى مستوى جديد من العالمية مع اغنية ‘عائشة’، بينما أصبحت نسخة طه من ‘يا رايح’ واحدة من أبرز تسجيلاته. وفي الوقت نفسه، مثّل فضيل جيلًا أصغر يحمل موسيقى الراي إلى مستوى جديد . وأضاف توقيت الحفل طبقة أخرى على القصة ؛ إذ أقيم في العام الذي استضافت فيه فرنسا كأس العالم لكرة القدم وفازت بها، ليأتي الحفل وسط حضور متعدد للهوية متعددة الثقافات في فرنسا وللجاليات القادمة من شمال أفريقيا. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

Egyptian composer and producer Hisham Kharma and maestro Nayer Nagui are bringing their work together onstage for the first time, the two concerts took place at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on September 11 and the Cairo Opera House’s Grand Theater on September 18, with Nagui leading the orchestra. We caught up with Kharma and Nagui ahead of their show, to talk about translating electronic compositions for an orchestra, revisiting earlier work, and what can happen when two musicians step into each other’s worlds. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

Live from @KadimAlSahir’s return to Egypt, organized by @venturelifestyle_, where the Iraqi pop star performs his new album for an Egyptian audience for one of the first times since its release. During the intimate performance, Kadim performed the fifth song from his newly released album, ‘Atat’, the song moves through multiple maqamat and tells the story of a complicated and toxic romance, following a man who sees through the woman’s manipulation but continues to fall for her every time she returns though classic poetry. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

The American rapper once again voiced his support for Palestine during his latest appearance, stressing that Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have not been forgotten and that everyone deserves freedom, safety and peace. Macklemore has been an outspoken supporter of Palestine, previously releasing ‘Hind’s Hall’ in solidarity with Gaza.

During Abyusif and Shehab’s live show in Alexandria, Shehab was delivering a high-energy performance of the fan favorite “KKK” when a fan went on stage and sang along before trying to snatch the mic from Shehab.

From Cairo-based Sudanese artist Kordofani’s showcase at RAAD Records, where an intimate, invite-only circle caught him running through his latest releases and road-testing some unreleased material, before Moose closes out the night. 🎥 @waraelmazzika

Live from Abyusif and Shehab’s show in Alexandria, where Abyusif brought Ahmed Santa on stage for a special duet of their hit ‘Ostaz Mahmoud Bezzawy’, followed by a special announcement about Santa’s next release, coming next week. Abyusif also addressed the rumors that Santa never left the “Mexic” crew.