Eskenderella to perform on the first day of Eid al-Adha

Cairo - August 20 2017: Eskenderella Band will perform on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 1 at 8 pm in El Sawy Cultural Wheel.

Eskenderella Band is a popular Egyptian Band which was formed in December 2005. The band was formed by the Egyptian musician and singer Hazem Shahine who established it to revive the heritage songs of the late great Egyptian musicians like Sheikh Imam and Sayed Darwish.

Their songs are inspired by the style of the veteran late Egyptian poets Fouad Haddad and Salah Jaheen. Eskenderella members include the children and grandchildren of these two poets. The great Egyptian poet Amin Haddad, the son of Fouad Haddad, and the former’s son the young Egyptian poet Ahmed Haddad - who is also the grandson of Salah Jaheen, both write the lyrics of the band’s songs.