Bosaina

Not to be confused with Bosnia.

Bosaina

Also known as| Boosykaat
Origin| Cairo, Egypt
Genres|

* Alternative
* jazz
* ambient
* industrial
* electro
* pop

Occupations| Musician, singer-songwriter, artist, model, actress
Instruments| Vocals, synthesizer, piano, sampler
Years active| 2010 – present

Musical artist

Bosaina is an Egyptian singer-songwriter, producer, art curator, actress, and model.[1] She is the lead vocalist for several bands in the Egyptian electronic music collective "Kairo is Koming" (KIK). Bosaina participated in the 2014 Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo,[2] and starred in The United, the first film by Touchstone Pictures filmed in the Middle East.[3][4]

## Career

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In a 2014 interview with Resident Advisor, Bosaina described taking an Ableton Live production course and using the software to create her first EP.[5] She has performed with several Cairo-based electronic bands, including Wetrobots, Zuli, and Quit Together,[6] through her involvement with the "Kairo is Koming" collective (KIK).[7][8] She has toured globally, performing in Lebanon,[9] Germany, Austria, Switzerland,[10] Japan,[11] and in the United States at the SXSW Festival. A compilation of her two EPs titled "New York April – July 2013" was released in 2017 on the label Discrepant Records.[12]

Bosaina has written, produced, directed, and starred in two pieces of performance art: Darkest Days and Solitude in Public. Both works explore themes of feminism, femininity, and anxiety.[13]

Bosaina served as the artistic director and visual curator for the alternative music space and cultural venue VENT, which has since closed and reopened under new ownership as ZigZag.[14] In 2020, she was described as 'one of the most prolific activists of the electronic scene in Cairo' by Théophile Pillault in a profile for PAM magazine.[15]

## Other work

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Bosaina ran a fashion school in Cairo for several years.[16]

She also starred in Touchstone Pictures’ The United.[17]

Alongside her work, she advocates for social justice and supports the LGBTQ community. In Egypt, her native country, she has said she was “thrown off stage for not wearing enough clothes.”[18]

## Discography

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### EPs

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* Dirty Bourgeoisie (2011)
* Bang and Blow (2012)
* NY, Apr–Jul 2013 (2013)[19]
* Two Names Upon The Shore (2017)

## References

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1. ^ "Bosaina: Artist Profile". Resident Advisor.
2. ^ "Bosaina | Red Bull Music Academy". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_(film)
4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2004405/
5. ^ Keeling, Ryan (28 November 2014). "RBMA 2014: A Global View". Resident Advisor.
6. ^ "Young Female Egyptian Musicians Break Barriers - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
7. ^ "KIK, le tout premier groupe de musique électronique du Caire". Monde académie Culture (in French). Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
8. ^ Bosaina & Wetrobots on ARTE Tracks. Retrieved 22 May 2025 – via vimeo.com.
9. ^ Fermicoding Internet Engineering, www.fermicoding.com. "Wetrobots <3 Bosaina | SHARE Foundation". www.shareconference.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
10. ^ "Die Antithese zur Revolutionsmusik | norient.com". norient.com. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
11. ^ "Bosaina Electrifies Tokyo". www.redbull.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
12. ^ "New York April – July 2013 / Two Names Upon The Shore". Bandcamp.com.
13. ^ Bosaina. "Performance". Bosaina. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
14. ^ CLUSTER. "VENT | Cairo Urban Initiatives Platform". www.cuipcairo.org. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
15. ^ Pillault, Théophile (9 March 2020). "Diving in the 'High Waters', with the Egyptian producer Bosaina". Panafricanmusic.com.
16. ^ "The Fashion Studio: Moulding Cairo's Fashion Future". Cairo 360 Guide to Cairo, Egypt. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
17. ^ Matalqa, Amin, The United (Action, Comedy, Drama), Farouk Al-Fishawy, Waleed Zuaiter, Bosaina, Touchstone Pictures, retrieved 22 May 2025
18. ^ "Egypt elections: Musicians worried about their freedom". BBC News. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
19. ^ "Bring on Bosaina". Cairo Scene. Archived from the original on 12 December 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

## External links

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* Official website
* Facebook

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* MusicBrainz

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