Christian Music in Cairo and Beirut
Oriental music of Christian background has been cultivated in Lebanon and Egypt for many years. Aramaic and Coptic hymns, Christian Pop music and spiritual songs by the grand dame Fairuz are musical expressions of the Oriental-Christian cultural heritage and political manifests at the same time. On Christian feast days, religious songs by Fairuz, Wadi al Safi and other Christian stars issue from every house. On satellite TV, the Lebanese Nizar Fares and Coptic singers from Egypt perform their Christian Pop songs. And at the Lebanese Universities of Kaslik and Antonine research is conducted in order to collect and teach old and new Christian songs