Nadah El Shazly pours her heart out in upcoming album Laini Tani

I interviewed experimental electronic musician and producer Nadah El Shazly about her 2025 record Laini Tani, and caught up with her in Italy to photograph her Bologna performance, all for The Globe and Mail.

"In the English translations of Laini Tani’s lyrics, the airy Kaabi Aali has a line that goes: “Come back to me, and mystify me once more.” But hayarni, the word translated as “mystify,” could also be interpreted as “disorganize me and organize me again,” El Shazly says. “In the song, she’s talking to someone she misses very much. Part of love is also this playfulness of teasing each other and pointing at things that are bigger than our human realm.”"