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One of Egypt’s most well known traditional songs, found across Suez and in costal regions around the Red Sea.

The main melody of this song is common in each of the areas it can be found, but the lyrical content changes from place to place. El Tanbura’s own rendition recalls the plight of two star-crossed lovers who send secret messages to each other via carrier Pigeons, often used for sending letters in Pharaonic times.

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from Between the desert and the sea, released November 23, 2012

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El Tanbura بور فؤاد, Egypt

El Tanbura is a collective of veteran Egyptian master musicians, singers, fishermen and philosophers. For nearly twenty- five years they’ve been custodians to some of Egypt’s oldest folk melodies at their home in Port Said, the Mediterranean gateway to the Suez Canal. Their music is driven by the seductive call of the Simsimiyya - an ancient lyre dating back to the times of the Pharaohs. ... more

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