For Bosaina II, a singer and electronic music producer who performs sensual dances in wild outfits, winning the love of Cairo has been a rocky mission. But for all the resistance she encounters, grateful audiences in the community abroad continue to reinforce her faith in her sound and style’s place in Egyptian society.
Egypt is known for some of the Arab World’s most famous female classical singers, among them the legendary matriarch Umm Kulthum (1898-1975), Mounira El Mahdeya or "The Sultana” (1885-1965), Asmahan Amal al-Atrash (1917-1944) and Leila Mourad (1918-1995).