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Saeed Saeed

Saeed Saeed

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Abu Dhabi
Saeed is a features writer for The National, reporting on all things arts and culture happening in the UAE and internationally. With a focus on music and Arabic pop culture, Saeed has interviewed some of the biggest singers in the region and the world. Born in Abu Dhabi, Saeed lived in the UAE until he was nine, before moving to Melbourne, Australia, where, in addition to his journalism, he worked as a security guard, youth worker and video-store clerk. He returned to the city of his birth in 2011 to work for The National. Saeed continues to be amazed at the city’s cultural development and expansion.
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Michael Kiwanuka performs at the Jazzablanca Festival on July 5, 2019 in Casablanca, Morocco. Courtesy Jazzablanca Festival.
Michael Kiwanuka’s new single warns about excesses of fame

The British soul man confirms a more colourful and vivid album to be released later in the year

MusicJuly 07, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Don Byrant performs at the Jazablanca Festival in Casablanca, Morocco on July 5, 2019. Credit Sife El Amine.
50 years on, soul music legend Don Bryant is getting the success he deserves

As well as his successful world tour, a new documentary is in the works tracing the career of one of soul music’s most underrated talents

MusicJuly 07, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Judi Jackson performs at the Jazzablanca Festival on July 3, 2019 in Casablanca, Morocco. Photo by Sife El Amine
Judi Jackson on how jazz music is a tonic for heartache

The US singer says the genre has the potential to heal in these troubled times

MusicJuly 05, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Bosaina performs at Jazzablanca Festival in Casablanca, Morocco on July 3, 2019. Courtesy of Jazzablanca Festival
Jazzablanca 2019: Electronic artist Bosaina says Egyptian club scene is imploding

The pioneering producer and DJ is also making her mark across Africa

MusicJuly 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Circus Abyssinia will bring their production 'Dreams' to NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Centre. Courtesy NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Centre
Performance in Abu Dhabi: your guide to NYUAD Arts Centre's 5th season

The season includes more than 100 performances, including three world premieres and 14 UAE debuts

July 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Cafe Bologna was packed with Moroccan football fans as they saw their national side defeat the Ivory Coast. Picture by Saeed Saeed
The joy of watching a football match in a gritty cafe in Morocco

The African Nations Cup is in full swing and Morocco is mad for it. Saeed Saeed is swept along by the mood

July 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Brenna Whitaker at Dubai’s Qs Bar Chris Whiteoak / The National
Brenna Whit­a­ker is latest resident artist at Q's Bar and Lounge

For five nights a week, Whit­a­ker and her three-piece band can be heard per­form­ing songs that pro­vide a dif­fer­ent as­pect of the genre

MusicJuly 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Colombian pop star Karol G performed recently at Mawazine music festival in Morocco. Sife Elamine
Move over, Shakira: This is the Latin world's next big pop star

The Latin pop star on her long road to stardom, following in the footsteps of Shakira and why she wants to change perceptions of Colombia

MusicJuly 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Singer and guitarist Alex Kapranos performs with Franz Ferdinand at Jazzablanca festival in Casablanca, Morocco on June 2, 2019. Picture by Sife El Amine/Jazzablanca
Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos on Philippe Zdar and chances of a UAE tour

Speaking hours after a memorial service to friend Zdar, the frontman praised the French producer for his love for life

MusicJuly 04, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Paolo Fresu performs at Jazzablanca Festival on June 2, 2019. Courtesy: Jazzablanca Festival
Paolo Fresu on his mission to expand the sound of the trumpet

The Italian jazz man says the instrument can be played across all genres

MusicJuly 03, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Mohamed Mohsen performs at Mawazine festival in Rabat, Morocco on June 29. Courtesy Sife El Amine/ Mawazine
Mohamed Mohsen is reviving the Arab world’s classic music tradition

The Egyptian singer wants to inspire a new generation to rediscover Arab world’s music giants

MusicJuly 02, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Black Eyed Peas perform during the World Music Festival Mawazine at the OLM Suissi venue in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 25, 2019. AFP
Black Eyed Peas on 'Be Nice' and working with Arab artists

The popular hip-hop crew talk about their new single and how they hope to perform with more artists from the region

MusicJuly 01, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Mohammed Assaf performs as part of Mawazine festival in Rabat, Morocco on June 24, 2019. Courtesy Mawazine festival.
Mohammed Assaf wants new generation to rediscover Arab legends

The Palestinian singer and Arab Idol winner honours the classic Egyptian crooner Abdul Halim Hafez in his new album

MusicJuly 01, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Walid Toufic performs at the Mawazine festival in Rabat, Morocco on June 26. Courtesy Mawazine.
Walid Toufic on his enduring career and a possible television biopic

The Lebanese crooner says the music industry has radically changed over the past four decades

MusicJuly 01, 2019
Saeed Saeed
Swedish DJ Avicii spent 19 days in Madagascar after his final show at Ibiza in 2016. Photo by Levan Tsikurishvili
Avicii's friend gives us an insight into his last few years

Tim Bergling's friend and colleague Levan Tsikurishvili has paid homage to the DJ with new music video 'Heaven', which charts their trip to Madagascar. He also speaks to us about how he hopes the EDM scene changes

MusicJuly 01, 2019
Saeed Saeed
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