1.0Mustafa Saidhttp://www.mustafasaid.coKhuzamihttp://www.mustafasaid.co/author/abirCairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Saidrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="258hr9YMSz"><a href="http://www.mustafasaid.co/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003">Cairo Book Fair: Egypt’s Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.mustafasaid.co/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003/embed#?secret=258hr9YMSz" width="600" height="338" title="“Cairo Book Fair: Egypt’s Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003” — Mustafa Said" data-secret="258hr9YMSz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement("a"),i=l.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> After 20 years of performing exclusively outside of their homeland, playing shows in more than 20 countries including at the Abu Dhabi Festival and London's Shubbak Festival, Asil Ensemble performed in Cairo on Thursday for the first show since their formation in 2003. The concert was held at the Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex, the 16th-century mausoleum, […]http://www.mustafasaid.co/wp-content/uploads/Asil1-300x200.jpg