All-women Islamic choir sings away gender taboos in Egypt
Challenges aside, Alhour is confronting deep-rooted views about women singing in public or reciting from Koran
24 August 2021 - 20:00
The words of the Islamic hymns being rehearsed in a small studio just outside Cairo are well known among Egyptian Muslims, but they have never sounded so different. Here, they are being sung by women...
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