Egypt's union of musicians has banned performances by singers of a popular form of youth music after the lyrics of a chart-topping song were deemed too racy. The ban announced on Sunday targets singers of mahraganat (Arabic for "festivals") which has its roots in impoverished Cairo suburbs and spread after Egypt's 2011 uprising that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak. Mahraganat, often known as "electro-shaabi" (or popular electro), is a genre ...