Heavy Metal in Post-Mubarak Egypt
Egyptian heavy metal band, Origin, rehearses at a studio in Cairo. (Photo: Noel King)
Heavy metal musicians and fans have it rough in Egypt. They’re viewed with suspicion and skepticism by many Egyptians. Now Egypt’s metal heads wonder where they stand in the new Egypt, as Noel King reports from Cairo.
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