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Following several visits to the city over the years, Osama (Sam) Shalabi moved to Cairo in 2011, arriving at an apartment one block from Tahrir Square, in the midst of Egypt's 'Arab Spring'. Shalabi describes the Big Mango, his 2013 phenomenal work for his Land of Kush big-band, as Incha love letter to CairoInch framed by Inchthe beautiful, surreal madness of the city... as joyous, horrific, historical events were unfoldingInch. Album Tracks 1. Faint Praise 2. Second Skin 3. The Pit, Pt. 1 4. The Pit, Pt. 2 5. Sharm El Bango 6. Mobil Nil 7. St Stefano 8. Drift Beguine 9. The Big Mango
