The World Choir Games, held every two years, are the largest international choir competition. At the ninth Games in Sochi, Russia, the choir competed in the folklore category with Aghani bel Arabi, Sayed Darwish in Nayer Nagui’s arrangements, and won a silver diploma.
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Aghani bel Arabi (Sayed Darwish arrangements)
About the music
Sayed Darwish (1892–1923)
Born in Alexandria in 1892, he died there in 1923, aged 31, and is called the father of Egyptian popular music.
In barely a decade he wrote some 260 songs and 26 operettas.
He set “Biladi, Biladi, Biladi”, now Egypt’s national anthem; his songs include “Salma Ya Salama”, “Ahu Da Illi Sar” and “El Helwa Di”.
