What We Were Listening to in 2016
As the world taps into the nostalgia of 2016, we look back on tracks that shook the region's music scene 10 years ago.
Beyond the throwback filters and pink-tinted nostalgia, 2016 marked a turning point for music in region. It was a year defined by new, unruly sounds, chaotic, unpolished, and deeply DIY, emerging before the algorithm fully took control. Tracks traveled via Bluetooth, SoundCloud reposts, and Facebook shares, long before Reels and music stickers began shaping how we listen.
This playlist captures what lived in our headphones a decade ago, songs that became classics, soundtracking our daily life and not so quietly defined a cultural moment and an iconic era.
Abyusif - Not Avlbl
Amr Diab - Ragea
Mashrou' Leila - Maghawir
Sherine - Keda Ya Albi
Hamaki - Ma Balash
Sharmoofers - 5,6 Hepta
Ahmed Sheba - Ah Lw L3bt Ya Zahr
El Far3i - Tghayarti
Jadal - Yumain O Leila
El Esseily - Ew3a Tkhaf
Massar Egbari - Cherophobia
Lotfi Bouchnak, Ruuhaanii - Doua#1
Ahmed Saad - Bahebak Ya Sahby
El Rass, Al Nather - La Amir Li
Mohamed Mounir - Msh Layea' Alya
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