Episode 16 – Kairo


Episode 16 – Cairo © Artwork: © Šejma Fere Episode 16 – Cairo Artwork: © Šejma Fere
A podcast by Fajr Soliman

Featuring:
Rama
Nancy Mounir
El Waili

Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo

Episode 16 of the Timezones podcast series, co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut. This episode hosts three Egyptian composers, musicians, and DJs of various backgrounds and music styles. It sheds a light on actors in the music industry and tries to understand the music scene from a first-hand perspective. An immersive sonic experience of the city of Cairo.
 

Trailer


Bonus Material


On Language in Audio and the Burden of Translation
moderated and produced by Adham Zidan

This Bonus Talk features Adham Zidan in conversation with Fajr Soliman, producer of the TIMEZONES episode Cairo. Their discussion covers the production of the episode as well as her choice of guests before focusing on how the question of language was addressed – culminating in an episode in which the featured artists speak their native Arabic (with some English words interspersed sporadically) and two voice-overs translate their words into English once they have finished talking. Zidan and Fajr also examine different options for handling language in an audio format and discuss the burden of translation and how it affects communication.
 

Adham Zidan © © private Adham Zidan © private
Adham Zidan is a musician, recordist, mixer, and producer from Cairo as well as a band member of The Invisible Hands, Baskot Lel Baltageyya, Another Time Ensemble, and Today Is Tomorrow. Adham has worked with Alan Bishop, Maurice Louca, Nadah El Shazly, Nancy Mounir, Raed Yassin, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Youssra El Hawary and others, both in the studio and live. He has also designed sound and composed music for a select group of theatre- and filmmakers. Alongside Maha El Nabawi, Adham is the co-creator, co-editor, and co-producer of Katalog, an Arabic podcast about music-making, published by Mada Masr. He also DJs and hosts radio shows; his latest show is “Music from the Hive”, on movement.radio. Follow him on his website, Instagram, X or SoundCloud.

Credits

Credits:

Assistant Producer: Nouran Hatem
Mixed by: Ismael Hosny
Artistic Editor: Abhishek Mathur​​​​​​​
Project Management: Hannes Liechti
Video Trailer: Karrl
​​​​​​​Sound Design: Turkana and Rey Sapienz
Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob
Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
Artwork: Šejma Fere
Copy Editing: Elisabeth Meister


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