PEN America: Egyptian Institutions Ban Mahraganat Genre of Music and Threaten Legal Action Against Artists and Listeners
February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
The state-supported ban on mahraganat, an Egyptian electronic folk music genre, is an absurd and egregious violation of artistic freedom of expression that seeks to repress an entire generation of musicians and their fans, PEN America said in a statement.
Mahraganat has long faced opposition, both from the Egyptian government and music establishment, but the efforts to ban it occurred in the wake of a c . . .
The state-supported ban on mahraganat, an Egyptian electronic folk music genre, is an absurd and egregious violation of artistic freedom of expression that seeks to repress an entire generation of musicians and their fans, PEN America said in a statement.
Mahraganat has long faced opposition, both from the Egyptian government and music establishment, but the efforts to ban it occurred in the wake of a c . . .