Egypt: Female voices from a Golden age II
The second episode dedicated to some female voices from the “Golden Period” in Egypt: The years 1930s to the early 1970s. A period of prosperity in the music and film industry. With the Egyptian capital Cairo as its center: the Hollywood of the east. First part is here
The singer Nagat Ali singing meen Zayy (Who’s like me) in a scene from the film: Hob men el-samaa ( a love from heaven), Egypt 1943
Playlist:
1.Meen Zayy (Who’s like me!) (Intro) – Nagat Ali 01:03
2.Layeta lel- buraq – Asmahan 5:48
3.Layali El-Ouns fi Vienna (Vienna’s nights) – Asmahan 9:07
4.Hal Tanasayeta (Did you forget (our nights)?) – Nazek 8:54
5.Ana Wel-Nogoum (me and the stars-are awake) – Nazek 7:35
6.El-Awela qalbi hab we mal (My heart fell) – Nagat Ali 9:47
7.Shabakt Albi (You clasped my heart) – Shadia 4:41
8.Yalli fot el-mal wel-gah (You who skipped money and prestige) – Ragaa(Rajaa) Abdou with M.Abdel Wahab 5:43
9.El-Bostagya Eshtako (Postmen complain!) – Ragaa Abdou 6:38
ِAsmahan singing for coffee and love (Ahwa) dressed in bedouin clothing, from the film Gharam we Intiqam (Love and revenge), Egypt 1944.
