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| | | | As a musical director, Mahmoud Fadl |
| "A few years ago, at the Love Parade in | | | | contributed to a four album project called |
| Berlin, it took a very special form-a drum | | | | "Salamat", released on Piranha records, which |
| & DJ project called UNITED NUBIANS that | | | | focussed on the music of the legendary and |
| spread the message of the "Black Pharaohs" to | | | | suppressed Nubian culture. He has four albums |
| the club circuit. The project survived the | | | | released under his own name and on one of |
| occasion and today, on the dark stage, I | | | | them pays a Nubian homage to deceased |
| sometimes travel home on a tribal house beat | | | | pan-Arabian diva Umm Kalthoum, showcasing the |
| to the rhythms of my childhood. " | | | | voice of Salwa Abou Greisha from the famous |
| | | | Greisha family of Nubian musicians, with |
| Mahmoud Fadl | | | | accompaniment from the Cairo Opera. Mahmoud's |
| | | | album "Drummers of the Nile", features |
| Mahmoud Fadl, the celebrated Nubian Master | | | | ancient music from along the nile, and he |
| Drummer was born in 1955. He was raised in | | | | collaborates with fellow drummers Gaafar |
| the cities of Assuan and Cairo in Egypt, and | | | | Hargal and Hamdi Matoul, Nubian wedding diva |
| his Nubian background is rooted in the Griot | | | | Salma and many more musicians. He has also |
| culture of the "Battikol" people. Mahmoud | | | | collaborated with The Klezmatics (New York), |
| started out as a musician at Nubian and | | | | Orientalist piano player Maurice El Medioni |
| Arabic wedding events as well as a limbo | | | | (Marseille/Oran) and the famous gypsy |
| dancer. He soon became a much sought after | | | | saxophone player Ferus Mustafov (Skopje). |
| commodity, playing with the likes of Ahmed | | | | Mahmoud also introduced western audiences to |
| Adawia and Nubian legend Ali Hassan Kuban. | | | | the distinguished grandmaster of oriental |
| After a number of international tours, | | | | trumpet, Samy El Bably, on an alluring album |
| Mahmoud Fadl secured a place for his music in | | | | called "Love Letters from King Tut-Ank Amen." |
| Europe and started to develop an | | | | |
| international portfolio. | | | | Today, Mahmoud travels between Cairo and |
| | | | Berlin working on various projects. His |
| The Nubian people's legacy extends far into | | | | current tribal house project entitled "United |
| antiquity, predating Egyptian civilization. | | | | Nubians" has earned him much international |
| Some recent finds by French archaeologists | | | | acclaim in the vibrant Berlin club scene. In |
| have suggested that Nubia pre-dated Egypt by | | | | addition to his work as a musician, film |
| as much as 3,000 years and is, in all | | | | actor and fashion designer, Mahmoud Fadl |
| likelihood, the source of Egyptian | | | | frequently performs with the West-African |
| civilization. The flooding of the Aswan dam, | | | | Griot Ensemble, "Saf-Sap" on oriental wedding |
| forced Mahmoud Fadl and thousands of Nubians | | | | and musical workshops. |
| to leave their homeland in Nubia, which is | | | | |
| located today in Northern Sudan and Southern | | | | You can listen to Mahmoud Fadl and many more |
| Egypt and drowned old Nubia and countless | | | | African musicians at Kemet Music Radio. |
| Nubian monuments and historical sites. | | | | |