The poetic heart of Abdullah Miniawy’s restless sonic explorations

“I just want to document the maximum possible amount of my feelings,” Abdullah Miniawy says. “I never chase inspiration, I just live life and then things come up from a personal place to become poetry, whether it’s in words, music, art or film.”

Over the past decade, the Egyptian poet, singer and multidisciplinary artist has been channelling his myriad experiences into a prolific and diverse catalogue of work. As a vocalist, Miniawy has released three albums and accompanying pamphlets — including 2023’s Le Cri du Caire, a collaboration with jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz— four collaborative EPs and an album with the German jazz trio Carl Gari. 

He has also programmed his own 3D videogame to accompany the 2024 release of the album Nigma Enigma, starred as an actor in the 2019 experimental Tunisian feature film Tlamess and directed the 2021 short Rain Ticket. 

Read the interview in Hyphen.

[This piece was published on 25/02/26]