(*) ‘Martyr Pop’ – Made in Egypt

By Norient on Mai 19, 2011

By Daniel J. Gilman on 19 Mai 2011 in VIDEO

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Posted in VIDEO | Tagged 25 January 2011, Ahmed Basyoni, Amr Diab, Arab World, Aziz al-Shaf‘i, Baligh Hamdi, Cairo, Dossier Arab World, Egypt, Hamada Helal, Hany Shaker, Hosni Mubarak, Khaled Said, martyr, martyr pop, Mohamed Fouad, Ramy Gamal, Ramy Yusef, Revolution, Sally Zahran, Tamer Hosny | 7 Responses

Tags: 25 January 2011 / Ahmed Basyoni / Amr Diab / Arab World / Aziz al-Shaf‘i / Baligh Hamdi / Cairo / Dossier Arab World / Egypt / Hamada Helal / Hany Shaker / Hosni Mubarak / Khaled Said / martyr / martyr pop / Mohamed Fouad / Ramy Gamal / Ramy Yusef / Revolution / Sally Zahran / Tamer Hosny

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Daniel J. Gilman

Daniel J. Gilman is an anthropologist who studies the pop music industry in Egypt. He focuses on the relationship between mass-mediated music, nationalism, and gender in contemporary Cairo. He is currently working on a book entitled Sex, Music, and Nationhood: Aesthetics of pop music and nationalism in Cairo.

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7 responses to “(*) ‘Martyr Pop’ – Made in Egypt”

Ted Swedenburg
April 30, 2011 at 3:23 am | Permalink

Dan, this is not entirely unprecedented. See Elliott Colla’s article on Palestinian intifada solidarity vids and music in Egypt, ‘Sentimentality and Redemption: The Rhetoric of Egyptian Pop Culture Intifada Solidarity’ in the book I co-edited with Rebecca Stein.

This is great, thanks for writing!
YGQ
April 30, 2011 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

Many Thanks! (Althought it is hard to listen to Tamer more than a few seconds!) Any idea about changes in audience reception for those pop singers after the events?
Daniel J. Gilman
April 30, 2011 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the suggestion, Ted; I’ll follow up on that.

@YGQ: Audience reception is a really big question in this context. In the short term, it’s hard to gauge very much: some people reacted angrily to singers seen as counter-revolutionary, and some others rallied around their favorite singers. It may take a few years from now before we can see the effects more clearly, like reduced album output and a general consensus among fans that one singer or another is no longer on the scene or worth listening to. Singers can go for months without appearing to be much on the scene, so it’s not possible to say anything for certain now.
ivan
April 30, 2011 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

this is nice, thank you! it’s useful to have all these clips grouped together and described. a concluding paragraph would have been useful as well, I was left with the impression that there was more to come after the last blurb on tamer hosny’s video. since this is only the beginning, I’m looking forward to reading some more in-depth analysis that goes beyond the description of the clips.. good luck! i.
Jessamy Klapper
Mai 10, 2011 at 12:19 am | Permalink

Here are two more songs, if you’re thinking to add to this at some point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thkC0IKIN8 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efTggPE-pvk
kristina Nelson
Juni 25, 2011 at 9:08 pm | Permalink

for@YGQ check out bobfest.com/2011/06/the-indie-music-revolution-in-egypt.html for audience reception update
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