The windows are open. A salty mid-February breeze carries the sound of passing scooters and distant voices into Nader Khalil’s seaside apartment in Southern Lebanon. The refrigerator hums. On his coffee table sit Muay Thai boxing gloves, a framed religious textile from Karbala, and a folded prayer rug. Objects that map an inner world shaped […]
From racy Brit-lit classics to first encounters with the French New Wave, the noise-rock icon shares inspirational sounds and visions to wean you off the algorithm
In Cairo’s alternative music scene, where genre lines blur and artists are constantly negotiating identity, language, and geography, Jannah Emam, known as Juno, has quietly built a sonic world of her own. A singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist raised in the city, she has shaped one of the more distinctive sonic identities to emerge […]
