16th Samaa festival for music opens in Cairo

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16th Samaa festival for music opens in Cairo

STORY: 16th Samaa festival for music opens in Cairo DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AMIRA, Egyptian audience 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): EL SHAZLY EL HAWWARY, Algerian audience 4. various of the event STORYLINE: The 16th edition of the Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting opened late on Friday in Cairo. The festival is running from Sept. 22 to 28, with activities held at El-Ghoury Dome Creativity Center in old Cairo and Bayt El-Sinnari (Sinnari House). The event, with the slogan "The Message of Peace to the World" this year, brings about 30 troupes: several from Egypt alongside guests from Algeria, Djibouti, Pakistan, Romania, Greece, and Indonesia, among others. The festival aims to show how music uplifts the soul and how it is the true language of humanity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AMIRA, Egyptian audience "The festival is wonderful and it is a window to the people who love art; b

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