The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Sayyed Darwish in the NYT

I want to flag this NYT article on a new recording of Sayyed Darwish compositions. Darwish is the founder of modern Egyptian music and an important artistic commentator on social issues in Egypt for the first half of the 20th century, as the article explains. His music can be hard to find, particularly in the West, so it's neat that a new recording and tour in underway.