Feature July 14, 2012

On Shabibi Music

<p>Shabibi: the word means “youth music,” and is not to be confused with&nbsp;<em>sha’bi</em>&nbsp;music.&nbsp; Shababi is the highly produced sound of pan-Arab stars like Amr Diab, Mohamed Nour, Mohamed Fouad, and Sherine Abdel Wahab.&nbsp;<a href="http://olemiss.academia.edu/DanielGilman">Daniel Gilman</a>, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Mississippi, who specializes in this modern and commercial style of Egyptian pop music provided these links:</p> <p><strong><a href="http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/record=b7625549~S29">Daniel Gilman's dissertation archived online at the University of Texas</a></strong><br><strong><a href="http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1290/why-tamer-hosny-wont-go-away">Why Tamer Hosny Won't Go Away</a></strong><br><strong><a href="http://norient.com/video/martyrpop/">Martyr Pop</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Amr Diab</strong><br>http://youtu.be/SIFL9qfmu5U</p> <p><strong>Mohamed Nour</strong><br>http://youtu.be/tRv-cOuHUdo</p> <p><strong>Mohamed Fouad</strong><br>http://youtu.be/1RBbwidHEm8</p> <p><strong>Sherine Abdel Wahab</strong><br>http://youtu.be/hKKvXvHAOYo</p>