dublab Radio presents Louder than the Noise: Dispatches from Progressive Music Minds, Makers, and Communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Our guests come from across the music world, including artists, engineers, producers, journalists, radio hosts, label owners, and more. This series spotlights their compelling work.

Maha ElNabawi is a writer, music journalist, and content producer. She is a co-founder of Mada Masr. Her music writing has been featured in the Wire UK, The Guardian, Spex, The National UAE, Norient, and Mada Masr. She is also the co-creator of Katalog, an Arabic podcast featuring musicians from the MENA region.

Maha ElNabawi was interviewed by Mark “Frosty” McNeill.

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All interviews were conducted in 2019. We’d like to thank our guests and contributors. This series was produced by dublab Radio and Matteah Baim. Interviews were conducted by Alejandro Cohen and Mark “Frosty” McNeill. The dublab sound logo was created by Suzanne Ciani. Alejandro Cohen made our theme music. Editing was done by Matteah Baim. Lauren Denitzio was our graphic designer.