About Shaabi
Shaabi is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of Arabic music and music of North Africa.
Shaabi has given rise to 1 subgenre on this site, such as Mahraganat.
From Wikipedia
Shaabi is an Egyptian musical genre. It is a form of popular working-class music which evolved from Egyptian Baladi in the second half of the 20th century and the core of Egyptian popular music in streets, at weddings, and in everyday Egyptian life.
Shaabi originated in Cairo from the 1920s to the 1940s, as in certain songs and themes of composer Sayyid Darwish, and from the 1940s to 1960s by mawwal singers Abu Dira and Anwar al-Askari and in songs by Shafiq Gallal, Mohamed abd el-Motleb, Mohamed el-Ezzabi and others. One of the most famous and global Egyptian Shaabi songs is "Shik Shak Shok", a creation of the prominent Egyptian musician Hassan Abou El Seoud.
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Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Shaabi.
Related genres
Arabic music
music of the Arab world
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music in the tradition of the Byzantine Empire
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Music of Egypt
musical culture of Egypt
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Morocco
Music of the Middle East
music of the Middle Eastern region
Arabic pop
subgenre of pop music and Arabic music
Frequently asked questions
What is Shaabi?
Shaabi is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of Arabic music and music of North Africa.