February 10th, 2009

Rock ‘n Growl
By Amr Hussien

Hi. I’m new here, which makes a lot of sense because Ink is a new publication anyway. However, since the Editor will be going through this article before it gets published, I will say that I’ve always been reading Ink and always wanted to write for it. Can we talk about my raise now? OK, let’s postpone that issue and talk about music instead.

I’m Egyptian and I know that in almost every country music is not really taken as a serious profession. But due to the conservative nature of the Egyptian society, things are more complicated here. If a young boy is asked “What would you want to be when you grow up?” and answered “a doctor” or “an engineer” he would be encouraged. Continue