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CairoScene
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Egyptian Icon Hakim to Headline Oslo World Music Festival in October
Hakim returns to Norway to lead the opening night of the 22nd edition of the Oslo World Music Festival. Jun 11, 2025 Egyptian singer Hakim will headline the opening concert of this year's Oslo World Music Festival, returning to the Norwegian capital for the fourth time. Scheduled for Tuesday, October 28th, 2025, the concert—titled 'Hakim – The Lion of Egypt'—will take place at the Oslo Konserthus, starting at 19:30 local time. Blending traditional shaabi with global influences, Hakim has long been recognised for bringing Egyptian popular music to international stages. His Oslo performance will feature well-known tracks including 'Not One, Not a Hundred' and 'Tonight Is Your Night', with a setlist aimed at both long-time fans and new audiences. Now in its 22nd edition, the Oslo World Music Festival spans 14 venues across the city and features artists working across African jazz, samba, electronica, hip-hop, and other global genres. Hakim's participation reflects the festival's continued commitment to showcasing regional voices within a global programme. Hakim previously performed in Oslo during the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations in 2006, alongside other international concerts.
The Spinoff
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
The Friday Poem: ‘Haere Rā, Department Store' by Nicola Andrews
A new poem by Nicola Andrews (Ngāti Paoa, Pākehā), from their debut poetry collection Overseas Experience, published by Āporo Press in early June. Haere Rā, Department Store It is an institution. Just about as old as a treaty, and around the corner from that stationers, that isn't there anymore. Consider it, on opening day: Registers cracking open like laughter, dutiful recording of new accounts, brass warming, herringbone settling. How will you use our reo? Our reo will be used as an introduction to the latest textures of luxury: washcloths, women's hats in blackened straw, gowns of suppression and coverings for sleep, worsted socks, men's suits in a deep blue weave, stiffened shirts to be broken in with hard work, yards of staunch calico in overcast grey, and always with the blankets, as if our moni could buy your refinement, as if we couldn't keep our people warm. How will we tend our reo? Our reo will be cared for like a final blazing fingernail summoning us up the maunga: from Mā is White and Kia Ora Shortland Street, to searing letters to the editor, transcribed in triplicate, kura kaupapa kids coaching their parents through self-checkout, Whaea Pahi chiming, ā tērā tūnga pahi Tiriti o Kuīni as kaumatua and mokopuna stream outwards, marching proudly: Toitū te Tiriti, From the Awa to the Moana, Not One Acre More each kupu, karakia, kōrero, a seedling in the forest, each utterance a sonic hīkoi, a devotion Does anyone know the reo for Chanel? Āue. When the chandeliers darken, and the bouquets greet the compost, the Numakete outpost thanks its loyal patrons in English When Te Waka o Rangi departs, Animatronic cherubs in grass skirts bob gently, paddling their canoe under a single flag. Haere Rā.
