Bring the soul of Egyptian music history into your modern space.
Inspired by the golden era of Arabic cassette culture, this expressive album cover artwork celebrates “Shababek”—one of the iconic visual memories tied to the sound of a generation. The piece captures the warmth, rebellion, and poetry of Egyptian street music, where every cassette cover was more than packaging—it was a window into identity, longing, and everyday life.

Created by Egyptian artist Mohamed Khaled, this artwork merges bold portrait illustration, vintage typography, and nostalgic graphic design to reflect the spirit of popular Egyptian music in the late twentieth century. “Shababek” appears here not just as an album title, but as a cultural symbol—representing the windows we looked through to dream, to resist, and to sing. In this composition, the portrait becomes a living archive: a tribute to Egyptian voices, youth energy, and the visual language of cassette-era Cairo.