Retro Band to perform on Monday

CAIRO – 12 November 2017: Retro will perform on November 13 at Underground in Mohandessin, Cairo.

Retro is an underground band that presents modern Egyptian songs in addition to heritage songs. The event will host a signing ceremony for a collection of poems by the famous Egyptian poet Ahmed Hadad, entitled “Betlo’a el-Rouh” (With the Last Breath).

The band consists of vocalists Ahmed Hadad, Dalia el Genuidy, violinist Amr Darwish, bassist Hossam Abd Elrahman, percussionist Shebl, and pianist Ahmed Wagdy.



Reservations are required for attendance and can be made via phone.

Translating day-to-day Egyptian Arabic is a nearly impossible task, as the spirit of the language is a mix of inherited wisdom originating from social surroundings and modernity. Haddad deals with issues that face young people in today’s society in his poems.

“There are many people in my position whether from my family or not, decedents of artistic families, who were not interested in pursuing a career in arts at all. Therefore, saying that I inherited the talent is not accurate; poetry is my passion and I started writing poetry at the age of 15,” Hadad stated in the poems collection.