1) Music genre 
[Egyptian musical style] Shaabi literally means `music of the people`. It originated in Cairo in the 1970s, as a new form of urban music expressing the difficulties and frustrations of modern Egyptian life. Shaabi lyrics can be both intensely political, and filled with humour and double entendre. Because of its nature as street music, and a...
Working-class pop music of Cairo. Surged in popularity with the advent of the cassette revolution in early '70s