Ramy Essam Doors 6:30 Music 7:00 $25
Rock artist and human rights defender Ramy Essam is considered to be one of the loudest voices from the streets of the Egyptian Revolution. His resilient journey from the hub of the revolution to the international stages has included viral hits and awards as well as moments of struggle. With his background in being one of the voices of the streets of his country, Ramy today stands for social justice and human rights worldwide.
Ramy’s music is rock with Egyptian flavor and hiphop influences, inspired by hard rock and grunge. He sings in both Egyptian Arabic and English.
Ramy has received plenty of awards for his music and activism. The latest prize, Premio Grup Yorum Award was honored by Italian Club Tenco / Premio Tenco. In 2019, Ramy was awarded the Václav Havel Prize of Creative Dissent by the Human Rights Foundation. Watch Ramy's speech >
Ramy’s videos have been viewed nearly 30 million times across different platforms. One of his biggest hits is Segn Bel Alwan (feat. Malikah) a song about imprisoned women and gender equality, which has nearly 7 million views on YouTube.
“Music is the strongest peaceful weapon in the world.”
–Ramy Essam
Refreshments provided by House of Outlyre
Greenwood Social Hall is located on the second floor of a historic building and is only accessible by a flight of concrete stairs.