khalsa hasaytarby Sharmoofers

Cairo. The artists Ahmed Bahaa and Moe El-Arkan on the name of the band, which plays ska-infused, humorous tracks that provide social commentary on the "surreal chaos of living in Egypt": “It started as an inside joke, based on a cartoon drawing on the wall of my bedroom where we record most of our music. We named him Mr Sharmoofer, and then began to think out his whole character and what he likes to do and listen to."