TheNationalNews<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mustafa Said\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mustafasaidmusic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-06T10:33:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-06T10:37:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asil1-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Khuzami\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Mustafasaidm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Mustafasaidm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Khuzami\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003\",\"name\":\"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-06T10:33:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-06T10:37:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#\/schema\/person\/5c8bbee721a911ec6a49c6beefaa40a6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt’s Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/\",\"name\":\"Mustafa Said\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#\/schema\/person\/5c8bbee721a911ec6a49c6beefaa40a6\",\"name\":\"Khuzami\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/author\/abir\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said","og_description":"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, […]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003","og_site_name":"Mustafa Said","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mustafasaidmusic","article_published_time":"2023-02-06T10:33:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-06T10:37:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asil1-300x200.jpg"}],"author":"Khuzami","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Mustafasaidm","twitter_site":"@Mustafasaidm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Khuzami","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003","url":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003","name":"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt's Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003 - Mustafa Said","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-02-06T10:33:26+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-06T10:37:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#\/schema\/person\/5c8bbee721a911ec6a49c6beefaa40a6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/cairo-book-fair-egypts-asil-ensemble-play-first-show-on-home-soil-since-forming-in-2003#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cairo Book Fair: Egypt’s Asil Ensemble play first show on home soil since forming in 2003"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/","name":"Mustafa Said","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/#\/schema\/person\/5c8bbee721a911ec6a49c6beefaa40a6","name":"Khuzami","url":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/author\/abir"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asil1-300x200.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asil3-300x200.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nThe group's glaring absence of a concert in Egypt is generally attributed to the non-commercial nature of their repertoire. It was something Said alluded to during the performance.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mustafasaid.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Asil4-1-300x199.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n