The ceremony celebrated the rich diversity of Arabic music, showcasing a wide ... contemporary iteration of Egyptian shaabi (popular folk) music, and Shelat, an evolving genre that has ...

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He rose to fame in the 1970s with music that blended traditional Arabic folk sounds with contemporary rhythms. This created a unique genre known as Shaabi music, also electro-Shaabi or Mahraganat ...