Egypt's Mahraganat Music: Lost in Translation Between Inconvenience & Commodification

WTF IS MAHRAGAN?! WHY ARE PEOPLE BELLY DANCING TO IT?! Full disclosure: this is going to be a long nerdy informational video. I have seen a lot of discussions in the international belly dance world recently about what we are seeing online and I have noticed that many people legitimately lack a lot of contextual knowledge on the modern Egyptian music and dance scenes. This video will give a short explanation of Mahragan/Mahraganat and its current role in popular culture, recent changes in Cairo n