Mahragan, also Mahraganat (English: festivals, carnivals; Egyptian Arabic: مهرجاناتEgyptian Arabic pronunciation:[mɑh.ɾɑ.ɡɑˈnɑːt]) or Egyptian electro, Egyptian street music, shaabi-electro, is a popular genre of Egyptian folk music. Mahraganat is a combination of working class popular Egyptian music (shaabi) played at weddings, EDM and hip-hop, with heavy autotune use. DJ Figo made the genre more well known with his team "set dyaba" released during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Although this may be the first ever track to go mainstream, Mahraganat was conceived early by several Egyptian underground artists as DJ Ahmed Figo, El Sadat, Feelo and Alaa Fifty in 2004. They shared their music via MP3 files and phones, and it could be heard playing everywhere in taxis, tuktuks and on the street, since Egyptian Shaabi music has always been considered as the true soul of Egypt, given how powerful it is.[1] Another Mahragan mix was released by the same group of friends in 2006 and it was called "Mahragan Elsalam", named after their neighbourhood 'Elsalam' in northeastern Cairo, it talked about friendship and how to be mature.
^Sherifa Zuhur "Mulid and Mahragan: Invoking Spirituality and Popular Authenticity in Egyptian Music and Dance" Paper presented to the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, 9/15/18."
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genre of contemporary Egyptian music is Mahragan (مهرجان) ("festival") or Mahraganat (مهرجانات) (pl. "festivals"), which originated in working-class neighborhoods...
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