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The Sounds of Mahragān: Compositions and Musical Circulations in Egypt

Nicolas Puig

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Mahragān - the plural mahragānāt is frequently used, and is often presented by the international media as electro-chaabi - has been developing in Egypt since the 2000s. This particular musical form has its origins in the practices of DJs who officiate at balādīs (local weddings, most often held in a portion of the street set aside for the ceremony) and gradually transform the simple greetings to the wedding audience into genuine melodic pieces, chanted songs that arouse the infatuation of audiences. This performance gradually took hold at wedding feasts (afrāḥ), and those involved in this nocturnal world simply referred to it as a "festival", mahragān. This text describes the aesthetic and sonic practices of the mahragān, and reinserts them into a social and musical genealogy. It describes this music from its beginnings until it percolated into other styles, such as trap and rap, to form what is today described as new mahragān.
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Nicolas Puig. The Sounds of Mahragān: Compositions and Musical Circulations in Egypt. 2021. ⟨hal-04564121⟩
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