File: The poster of Telk Qadeya song.
Popular Egyptian band Cairokee released their latest song ” Telk Qadeya” to support the Palestinian cause.
“Telk Qadeya” is written by acclaimed Egyptian poet Mostafa Ibrahim.
Cairokee is one of the most successful bands in Egypt; they are well-known for their folk and indie rock music, as well as their lyrics that tackle social and political issues in the country.
Cairokee has launched at the end of March, 2019, “Abna’a el Batta el Soda” (The Ugly Ducklings) album on their official youtube channel.
The album contains 8 tracks that are “Benkhaf” ( We are Afraid), ”Kan lak Ma’aya” ( You Have with me) , ”Ya abyad ya eswed” ( Either White or Black), ”Hatlena bel ba’y leban” ( Buy Gum with the Rest of Money), ”Yalla neghany” ( Lets Sing) , ”Ana el segara” ( I am the Cigarette), ”Ma’aad sagheran” and ”Ana el sout” ( I am the Voice).
All tracks’ compositions and music arrangements were made by Cairokee except for “Ma aada Sagheran” that was arranged by “Sary Hany” and all the tracks’ lyrics were written by Amir Eid except for “Benkhaf” by Mohamed Shafaay, “Hatlna Bel Ba’y Leban“ By Atwa ,”Ma’ad Sagheran” By Dr.Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq and” Ana el sout ” by Nour AbdAllah .
The Ugly Ducklings is the album were Cairokee tried to handle many human fears and challenges such as anger, loss and rebel to direct many messages to all those who were defeated and rejected by others and by life itself! those who lost hope and who are suffering from any kind of discrimination.
With this album Cairokee hits back the market after the massive success of their album “No’ta Beida” ( A White Point) which acheived huge success amassing over 170 million views on Youtube.
The whole album was filmed as music videos in a single location, except for their track “El Dinosaur”.
The album was made in their style along with different twists that their audience was not used to, but were well-received.
