Aghany Albwm Asyl Abw Bkr Ya Taj Rasy 2008 Kamlt -

In the sweltering summer of 2008, amid the dusty back alleys of Old Cairo, a legendary but reclusive lyricist named Asyl Abu Bakr sat in a shuttered recording studio. He was known by two names: to the world, he was "Al-Taj" (The Crown); to his closest friends, he was simply "Abu Bakr."

Kamlt tracked down the now-elderly Abu Bakr, who lived in seclusion in a small flat overlooking the Nile. The poet was frail, his eyes dim. aghany albwm asyl abw bkr ya taj rasy 2008 kamlt

“You have the wrong man,” Abu Bakr said. “That album died in 2003.” In the sweltering summer of 2008, amid the