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ButUntil the late 1980s, classical singers like Umm Kulthum were Egypt's biggest pop stars. By the middle of the 1990s, though, el gil and shaabi music had taken over, especially among young audiences.
Adaweyah, by far the most popular Egyptian shaabi singer in the history of Egyptian music, initially caught much attention by his controversial lyrics, which were humorous, salacious and critical of social rules and society. By the 1980s, shaabi was being influenced by music from the United Kingdom and United States, as well as other Egyptian pop stars. Electric guitars, synthesizers, and later beat boxes, were iincorporated into the music. which is now vety popular. Today, the most popular shaabi stars are Hakeem and Shaaban Abdel Rahim.
el Gil :
el gil music genre arose in the 70s. It was dance-pop modeled after foreign rock and roll and pop music. It included distinctively Egyptian characteristics. Hamid el Shaery, a Libyan living in Egypt, was the most influential of el-Gil''s performers.
Ancient Egyptian paintings survived due to the extremely dry climate. The ancient Egyptians created paintings to make the afterlife of the deceased a pleasant place. Accordingly, beautiful paintings were created.The themes included journey through the afterworld or their protective deities introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld. Some examples of such paintings are paintings of Osiris and Warriors. Many paintings were also done on Papyrus.