Aya Metwalli

Aya Metwalli (b. 1988) is an Egyptian singer/songwriter, composer and sound artist currently based in Beirut. She grew up in Cairo where her father would play non-stop Oum Kalthoum songs on road trips to the beach and her mother; known to have the most beautiful voice in the family, always sang at home and in gatherings with family and friends, and long before she was able to form her own music taste, Aya was fed immense amounts of Arabic classic songs and melodies that now lie on a bed of velvet inside her subconscious mind and possess her vocal chords and machines.