Egypt’s Pop Divas Confront Harassment and Public Scrutiny

Fierce, magnetic, and unapologetically herself, the ‘diva’ — a term that often describes female singers with power and attitude — can never be tamed or shaped by society’s narrow expectations. She inhabits her own world, always, and only, on her own terms.

There was a time in the 90s and 2000s when the pop diva was the most talked-about woman in magazines, on TV news channels, and even inside university lecture rooms. Stories of American singer Mariah Carey abruptly storming off stage, or Lady Gaga ending her 2009 VMAs performance with fake blood and theatrical drama,…