The popular youth fusion band Basata has won accolades since its formation two years ago. Like many bands in Egypt, the group knew little of what their future held — how long they would survive in a landscape not the most conducive to creativity. Basata, literally meaning simplicity, was formed when the band members decided the flood of love […]

Two quotes by Basata band members to express the two main values of their songs, “The value of belonging and the value of difference, the belonging to this nation, its dust, its history, its language, its symbols and its music; and the difference in the trends of love, departure and separation.” CATEGORY DATE TIME PLACE […]