{"id":32633,"date":"2026-03-24T14:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=32633"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:16:49","slug":"maryam-salehs-first-new-album-in-eight-years-syrr-%d8%b3%d9%90%d8%b1%d9%91-arrives-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=32633","title":{"rendered":"Maryam Saleh&#8217;s first new album in eight years, <em>Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651<\/em>, arrives this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32631 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maryam-Saleh-Syrr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re finally approaching the release of<em> Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651<\/em>, the long-awaited new album from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryamsaleh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Saleh<\/a>, landing this Friday through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simsara.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simsara Records<\/a>. Her first album in nearly a decade, the record brings Saleh back at the centre of Egypt\u2019s alternative scene with a record shaped over three years of songwriting, composition, and collaboration. Co-produced with Maurice Louca and Kamilya Jubran, who also served as mentor throughout the process,<em> Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651<\/em> draws on a range of Egyptian and Arabic song forms, from mawwal and lullaby to muwashshah and taqtuqa, reimagining these traditions through a contemporary lens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the lead-up to its release, and following the introspective, powerful and poignant <a href=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23561\">\u2018El Fetra \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0637\u0631\u0629\u2019<\/a>, Saleh has shared two other tantalizing singles, \u2018Wanas\u2019 and \u2018Nedaa\u2019. Take a listen to both below and grab <em>Syrr<\/em> when it drops on Friday.<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2230826250\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/track=1532185181\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maryamsaleh.bandcamp.com\/album\/syrr\">Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651 by Maryam Saleh<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2230826250\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/track=4270841534\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maryamsaleh.bandcamp.com\/album\/syrr\">Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651 by Maryam Saleh<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re finally approaching the release of Syrr \u0633\u0650\u0631\u0651, the long-awaited new album from Maryam Saleh, landing this Friday through Simsara Records. Her first album in nearly a decade, the record brings Saleh back at the centre of Egypt\u2019s alternative scene with a record shaped over three years of songwriting, composition, and collaboration. Co-produced with Maurice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3462],"class_list":["post-32633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-maryam-saleh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32634,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32633\/revisions\/32634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}