Darwisch, Basem

found: Cairo steps, 2012:label (Basem Darwisch) container (Basem Darwisch; composer) insert (Basem Darwisch; oud, producer; "known as the Egyptian music ambassador to Germany")

found: Basem Darwisch WWW site, July 23, 2014:biography (Basem Darwisch; musician, composer; born in Egypt; began playing oud and guitar at age 12; studied classical music at the Arabic music academy in Cairo and German linguistics at Ain Shams University before moving to Austria and Germany towards the end of 1986; studied Egyptology and ethnology at Heidelberg University; has worked with many musicians in Europe and the Middle East, including with the groups Salamat and Rahalah)