Egyptian Mahraganat Music News Coverage Metadata (2019–2024)

Metadata from online news coverage of the Egyptian music genre Mahraganat was collected from five major Egyptian and Arabic-language news websites between 2019 and 2024. The dataset includes article-level metadata such as titles, publication dates, authors, and URLs. It was compiled by M.A.F. Allam to examine the representation and debate of Mahraganat music in digital news media.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in media coverage of Mahraganat music based on publication dates and article titles.
• Study authorial perspectives and debates on the genre based on author metadata and article content.
• Track the evolution of discourse on a cultural phenomenon based on articles from five major news sources.

Strengths

• Data spans a 6-year period from 2019 to 2024, providing a longitudinal view.
• Sources include five major Egyptian and Arabic-language news websites, suggesting a defined media scope.
• Includes core article metadata such as titles, dates, authors, and URLs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection

Collection Method

Compiled from five major Egyptian and Arabic-language news websites.

Time Range

2019–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 08:10:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Egypt, Arabic-language media