{"id":35724,"date":"2022-12-18T02:39:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T02:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/18\/arab-women-find-a-voice-at-mdlbeasts-soundstorm-music-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T02:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T02:39:25","slug":"arab-women-discover-a-voice-at-mdlbeasts-soundstorm-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/18\/arab-women-discover-a-voice-at-mdlbeasts-soundstorm-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Women discover a voice at MDLBeast\u2019s SoundStorm Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emerging from their third 12 months in Saudi Arabia, <\/span>MDLBeast\u2019s SoundStorm Music Festival<\/span><\/a> has turn into a primary occasion of its form within the nation and the self-described \u201cloudest in the region.\u201d With staggering 800,000 attendees it\u2019s now the biggest music pageant on this planet too, dwarfing world well-known occasions like Las Vegas\u2019 Electric Daisy Carnival and Belgium\u2019s Tomorrowland by comparability. With greater attendance numbers and broader worldwide attraction, the pageant is arguably extra vital to Saudi Arabia than Woodstock was for America within the \u201860s. Specifically for women in the Middle East, this is an important moment. For the first time in centuries Arab women are expressing themselves through dance, but that\u2019s solely the start. They may assist throw the occasion as a member of manufacturing or operations. They may even be a DJ headlining on one in all SoundStorm\u2019s seven phases. For younger Arab ladies, this can be the primary time ever seeing such inspiring heroines and function fashions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaking with a number of such feminine powerhouses, Your EDM got down to study extra in regards to the voice ladies are discovering in Saudi Arabia via the pageant. We additionally needed to glean a bit about how that voice is being obtained each throughout the nation and on the worldwide stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What they needed to say rocked our notion of the Arab world and inspired us (within the West) to keep watch over the occasion because it continues to influence the tradition there. If the phrases from the ladies under are any indication, we could also be witnessing a really historic second for Saudis.<\/span><\/p>\n

To hear it in their very own phrases, learn on!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI love how everyone was there attending for their favorite musician and that included many women like my friends Dorar, Kayan and Biirdperson and my personal favorite Eli & Fur, our Saudi ladies got to showcase to the world that they can rock the crowd better than anyone else and they had men and women supporting them and cheering for them in the audience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 <\/span>Cosmicat<\/span><\/a>, Headliner at SoundStorm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn truth a majority of the industry is led by men wherever you are in the world, however women are increasingly taking on leadership roles in the sector both internationally and regionally. I\u2019ve personally seen incredible growth and development of a very confident and ambitious local female workforce stepping up into critical positions.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Angela Selkirk, Director Core Planning; Event Control, Health & Safety and Security<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe love and connection [young Arab women] share with us even post-festival is something beautiful to experience and to be a part of\u2026 I feel happy and fortunate to witness such historical moments and to be part of the collective celebration. [It\u2019s like] everything I\u2019ve ever dreamt of as an artist I can manifest today.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 <\/span>KAYAN<\/span><\/a>, Headliner at SoundStorm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe music industry in the Kingdom is going through a historic transformation, and women will be at the forefront of this empowering evolution. The number of women I am seeing entering the Saudi music business is something we\u2019ve never witnessed before \u2013 and this is just the beginning. It\u2019s important to note that these opportunities don\u2019t exist everywhere around the world but they do exist here and we as women are fully embracing them. I can\u2019t wait to see what the future holds.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Nada al-Helabi, Strategy Director at MDLBeast \/ Director of Programming at XP Music Feature<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n