icons of dissent in Egypt

The World

Oud player Sheikh Imam and poet Ahmed Negm were the most-famous musical duo in Egypt in the 1960s and 1970s. Then in 2011, their music became a rallying cry for protesters trying to topple Egypt’s autocratic leaders. The story comes to us from the Kerning Cultures Network.

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