Felukah, Egyptian and New York-based artist, is the rising figure of the current hip-hop and soul scene. To celebrate the release of her second album, we invite you to discover her journey, her inspirations and her world made of music, poetry and dance. FROM EGYPT TO THE UNITED STATES Sara El Messiry was born in …
In December 1969, the fashion magazine Vogue publishes a wonderful series of photographs taken by Henry Clarke, the famous American fashion photographer. In this series, he photographs fashion under the Iranian sun, in majestic settings full of history. The models and actresses Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton and Cynthia Korman are the big stars posing in ancient …
Soapkills is the band resulting from the collaboration, from 1997, of two figures of the Lebanese music scene : musicians Yasmine Hamdan and Zeid Hamdan, both born in Beirut, unrelated despite their common name. Mixing classical Arabic music and electronic music for a unique and often hypnotic result, Soapkills then initiated a new musical wave in …
The omnipresence of flashy colours, kitsch prints and cans lined up in Hassan Hajjaj’s photos earned him the following nickname of « the master of Moroccan pop art ». Settled in London since the seventies, the artist is influenced both by his North African heritage and the underground culture of the English capital. His artistic universe builds …
Among the long forgotten or unrecognized artists who are rediscovered these days, a figure in particular stands out by the quality of its music and the diversity of its hits and catchy riffs. Kourosh Yaghmaei, singer, guitarist and songwriter, is a pioneer of the 70’s pop-rock in Iran. Sometimes named the « king of persian psychedelic rock », …
