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  "ar": "مصر ⁦(ألبوم يوسو ندور)⁩",
  "en": "Egypt (Youssou N'Dour album)",
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  "ar": "ألبوم المغني السنغالي يوسو ندور مع أوركسترا فتحي سلامة المصرية، صدر عن نونساتش في 8 يونيو 2004 باسم «مصر» وفي السنغال باسم «شكرا لله»؛ أغانيه بالولوفية في مديح مشايخ الطرق الصوفية في السنغال مثل أحمدو بمبا، ونال جائزة غرامي لأفضل ألبوم موسيقى عالمية معاصرة، وأثار جدلا في السنغال ومصر.",
  "en": "The Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's album with the Egyptian Fathy Salama Orchestra, released by Nonesuch on 8 June 2004 as Egypt and in Senegal as Sant Allah (Thanks to God); its Wolof songs praise the Sufi masters of Senegal such as Amadou Bamba, it won the Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album, and it was boycotted in Senegal and banned in Egypt.",
  "ur": "سینیگال کے گلوکار یوسو اندور کا مصری فتحی سلامہ آرکسٹرا کے ساتھ البم، 8 جون 2004 کو نونسچ سے جاری ہوا؛ وولوف گیت سینیگال کے صوفی مشائخ جیسے احمدو بامبا کی مدح میں ہیں، اسے بہترین معاصر عالمی موسیقی البم کا گریمی ملا، اور سینیگال و مصر میں اس پر تنازع ہوا۔"
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«مصر» ألبوم للمغني السنغالي [[person/youssou-ndour|يوسو ندور]] ترافقه فيه أوركسترا فتحي سلامة المصرية، صدر عن شركة نونساتش في 8 يونيو 2004، وصدر في السنغال باسم «سانت ألله» أي «شكرا لله». {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour} وتقول المقالة الإنجليزية إنه خرج عن إصدارات ندور السابقة بتأثيراته العربية وتركيزه على موضوعات دينية إسلامية. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التسجيل",
     "markdown": "سُجّل معظم الألبوم سنة 1999 في داكار، وكان مقررا أن يصدر في 2001، ثم أُجّل إلى 2004 تجنبا لأي ربط بينه وبين هجمات 11 سبتمبر، كما تنقل المقالة عن رويترز وذا فيليج فويس. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وأضيفت في القاهرة تسجيلات العود والأوركسترا التقليدية، حين انضمت أوركسترا فتحي سلامة إلى رباعي ندور في معظم الأغاني؛ وتولى فتحي سلامة التوزيع وقيادة الأوركسترا وشارك في الإنتاج. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} ويجمع الألبوم آلات غرب أفريقيا وشمالها، مثل الكورا والعود، ومدته إحدى وأربعون دقيقة وعشر ثوان. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "موضوعه",
     "markdown": "الأغاني بالولوفية، وكلماتها في مديح الطريقة المريدية، الطريقة الصوفية السنغالية التي تذكر المقالة أن ندور ينتمي إليها، وأكثرها مهدى إلى مشايخ الطرق في السنغال، ومنهم [[person/amadou-bamba|أحمدو بمبا]] مؤسس المريدية. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وأغانيه الثماني: «الله»، و«شكرا بمبا»، و«مهديو لاي»، و«التجانية»، و«باي نياس» باسم الشيخ [[person/ibrahim-niass|إبراهيم نياس]]، و«بمبا الشاعر»، و«الشيخ إبرا فال»، و«طوبى دار السلام». {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وسُمّي الألبوم تحية للمغنية المصرية [[person/umm-kulthum|أم كلثوم]] التي كان أبو ندور يحبها وتأثر بها هو صغيرا. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الاستقبال",
     "markdown": "لقي الألبوم استحسان النقاد الغربيين: وصفه تشارلي جيليت في ذا أوبزرفر بأنه «ألبوم تعبدي» ومن أفضل أعمال ندور، وقال جون لوسك في بي بي سي إن بعض محبي ندور قد لا يألفون خروجه عن موسيقاه الإيقاعية لكنه رآه «نسمة هواء نقي»، وكتب روبرت كريستغاو أن الألبوم في سياق ما بعد 11 سبتمبر «فعل سياسي مقنع» يقدّم الإسلام الأفريقي. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجدل",
     "markdown": "في المقابل، أثار الألبوم جدلا في أفريقيا وفي مجتمعات مسلمة: رأت وسائل إعلام في السنغال أن إدخال الدين في الموسيقى الشعبية غير لائق ومسيء، فقوطع الألبوم سنتين في السنغال، وأعادت المتاجر نسخه وامتنعت الإذاعات عن بثه، ومُنع في مصر، كما تنقل المقالة عن وكالة أسوشيتد برس. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وتذكر أن ندور لقي جفاء في زيارة إلى مدينة طوبى، وهدده بعض المريدين بدعوى قضائية، ونقلت رويترز قوله إنه شعر بالإحباط، وإن الناس لا يتقبلون الخروج عن التقاليد فورا ويحتاجون إلى وقت. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وعرض الفيلم الوثائقي «يوسو ندور: أحمل ما أحب» سنة 2008، من إخراج إليزابيث تشاي فاسارهيلي، قصة هذا الجدل. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الجوائز والقوائم",
     "markdown": "نال الألبوم جائزة [[award/grammy-awards|غرامي]] لأفضل ألبوم موسيقى عالمية معاصرة، وهي جائزة غرامي الوحيدة لندور؛ تسميها مقالة الألبوم جائزة 2004 بحسب سنة الإصدار، وتدرجها مقالة الفئة تحت 2005، سنة الحفل السابع والأربعين. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en} ونال أيضا جائزة النقاد لألبوم العام في [[award/bbc-radio-3-awards-for-world-music|جوائز إذاعة بي بي سي 3 للموسيقى العالمية]] سنة 2005، ونال ندور في السنة نفسها [[award/mobo-awards|جائزة موبو]] لأفضل فنان أفريقي. {cite:wikipedia-bbc-radio-3-awards-for-world-music-en} {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وبلغ المرتبة السادسة في [[award/billboard-world-albums|قائمة بيلبورد للألبومات العالمية]]، والرابعة والثلاثين في [[award/french-albums-chart|القائمة الفرنسية]]، والحادية والثمانين في [[award/swiss-albums-chart|السويسرية]]، والسابعة والخمسين في فلاندرز والسبعين في والونيا في [[award/ultratop-albums|قوائم أولتراتوب]] ببلجيكا، والخامسة والثلاثين في [[award/official-finnish-charts|فنلندا]]، والمئة في [[award/dutch-album-top-100|هولندا]]، والمئة والثامنة والأربعين في [[award/uk-albums-chart|القائمة البريطانية]]. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية «Egypt ⁦(album)⁩»، المراجعة 1373956979 في 8 سبتمبر 2026، وهي تستشهد بذا فيليج فويس ورويترز وبي بي سي وذا أوبزرفر وإن بي آر والغارديان ومجلة Popular Music وأسوشيتد برس. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}\n- عنصر ويكي بيانات Q5348317. {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour}\n- مقالة ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية عن فئة غرامي لأفضل ألبوم موسيقى عالمية معاصرة. {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en}"
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    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Egypt is an album by the Senegalese singer [[person/youssou-ndour|Youssou N'Dour]], accompanied by the Egyptian Fathy Salama Orchestra, released by Nonesuch on 8 June 2004; in Senegal it came out as Sant Allah, \"Thanks to God\". {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour} The English article describes it as a departure from his earlier releases, with Arabic influences and a focus on Muslim religious themes. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Recording",
     "markdown": "Most of the album was recorded in Dakar in 1999. It was due out as early as 2001 but was held back until 2004 to avoid any association with the September 11 attacks, as the article reports from Reuters and the Village Voice. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} Oud and traditional orchestra were added in Cairo, where the Fathy Salama Orchestra joined N'Dour's quartet on most songs; Fathy Salama arranged, conducted and co-produced. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} The record joins West and North African instruments such as the kora and the oud, and runs 41 minutes and 10 seconds. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "What it is about",
     "markdown": "The songs are in Wolof and praise the Mouride way, the Senegalese Sufi order to which, the article says, N'Dour belongs; most are dedicated to the masters of the Senegalese brotherhoods, among them [[person/amadou-bamba|Amadou Bamba]], founder of the Mourides. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} The eight songs are 'Allah', 'Shukran Bamba', 'Mahdiyu Laye', 'Tijaniyya', 'Baay Niasse' (for [[person/ibrahim-niass|Ibrahim Niass]]), 'Bamba the Poet', 'Cheikh Ibra Fall' and 'Touba - Daru Salaam'. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} The title is a tribute to the Egyptian singer [[person/umm-kulthum|Umm Kulthum]], a favourite of N'Dour's father and an influence on him as a child. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Reception",
     "markdown": "Western critics welcomed it. Charlie Gillett in The Observer called it a \"devotional album\" and one of N'Dour's best; Jon Lusk for the BBC warned that some fans might miss his rhythmic music but called it \"a breath of fresh air\"; and Robert Christgau wrote that, after September 11, it was \"a persuasive political act\" for African Islam. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The controversy",
     "markdown": "In Africa and in Muslim societies the release was contested. Media in Senegal argued that bringing Islam into popular music was inappropriate and insulting to the religion; the album was boycotted there for two years, with shops returning copies and radio stations not playing it, and it was banned in Egypt, as the article reports from the Associated Press. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} N'Dour was shunned on a pilgrimage to Touba and threatened with a lawsuit by members of the Mouride brotherhood; he told Reuters he was frustrated, and that people need time to accept a break with tradition. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} The 2008 documentary Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, follows this controversy. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Honours and charts",
     "markdown": "The album won the [[award/grammy-awards|Grammy]] for Best Contemporary World Music Album, N'Dour's only Grammy; the album's article calls it the 2004 award by release year, and the category's article lists it under 2005, the year of the 47th ceremony. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en} It also won the Critics Award for album of the year at the [[award/bbc-radio-3-awards-for-world-music|BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music]] in 2005, and N'Dour won the [[award/mobo-awards|MOBO Award]] for Best African Act the same year. {cite:wikipedia-bbc-radio-3-awards-for-world-music-en} {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} It peaked at number 6 on [[award/billboard-world-albums|Billboard's World Albums]], 34 on the [[award/french-albums-chart|French albums chart]], 81 on the [[award/swiss-albums-chart|Swiss]], 57 in Flanders and 70 in Wallonia on [[award/ultratop-albums|Ultratop]], 35 on the [[award/official-finnish-charts|Finnish chart]], 100 on the [[award/dutch-album-top-100|Dutch Album Top 100]] and 148 on the [[award/uk-albums-chart|UK Albums Chart]]. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
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     "markdown": "- English Wikipedia, 'Egypt (album)', revision 1373956979 of 8 September 2026, citing the Village Voice, Reuters, the BBC, The Observer, NPR, The Guardian, Popular Music and the Associated Press. {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}\n- Wikidata item Q5348317. {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour}\n- English Wikipedia article on the Grammy category. {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«اِجپٹ» سینیگال کے گلوکار [[person/youssou-ndour|یوسو اندور]] کا البم ہے جس میں مصری فتحی سلامہ آرکسٹرا ان کے ساتھ ہے؛ یہ 8 جون 2004 کو نونسچ سے جاری ہوا اور سینیگال میں «سانت اللہ»، یعنی «اللہ کا شکر»، کے نام سے آیا۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour}"
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     "markdown": "البم زیادہ تر 1999 میں ڈاکار میں ریکارڈ ہوا اور گیارہ ستمبر کے حملوں سے کسی تعلق سے بچنے کے لیے 2004 تک روکا گیا؛ قاہرہ میں عود اور آرکسٹرا شامل کیے گئے۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} وولوف گیت مریدیہ طریقے کی مدح میں ہیں، جس سے مضمون کے مطابق اندور وابستہ ہیں، اور زیادہ تر سینیگال کے مشائخ جیسے [[person/amadou-bamba|احمدو بامبا]] اور [[person/ibrahim-niass|ابراہیم نیاس]] کے نام ہیں۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} عنوان مصری گلوکارہ [[person/umm-kulthum|ام کلثوم]] کو خراجِ تحسین ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
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     "heading": "پذیرائی اور تنازع",
     "markdown": "مغربی نقادوں نے اسے سراہا، اور رابرٹ کرسٹگاؤ نے اسے گیارہ ستمبر کے بعد افریقی اسلام کی نمائندگی کا «قائل کرنے والا سیاسی عمل» کہا۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} دوسری طرف سینیگال کے میڈیا نے مقبول موسیقی میں دین لانے کو نامناسب کہا؛ وہاں دو سال تک البم کا بائیکاٹ ہوا اور مصر میں اس پر پابندی لگی۔ اندور نے رائٹرز سے کہا کہ روایت سے ہٹنے کو قبول کرنے میں لوگوں کو وقت لگتا ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}"
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     "heading": "اعزازات",
     "markdown": "البم نے بہترین معاصر عالمی موسیقی البم کا [[award/grammy-awards|گریمی]] جیتا، جو 2005 کی تقریب میں دیا گیا اور اندور کا واحد گریمی ہے، اور بی بی سی ریڈیو 3 کے عالمی موسیقی ایوارڈز میں ناقدین کا ایوارڈ بھی؛ یہ [[award/billboard-world-albums|بل بورڈ ورلڈ البمز]] میں چھٹے نمبر تک پہنچا۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en} {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en}"
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     "heading": "مراجع",
     "markdown": "- انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا «Egypt (album)»، نظرِ ثانی 1373956979۔ {cite:wikipedia-egypt-youssou-ndour-en}\n- ویکی ڈیٹا Q5348317۔ {cite:wikidata-egypt-youssou-ndour}\n- گریمی زمرے پر انگریزی ویکیپیڈیا مضمون۔ {cite:wikipedia-grammy-best-contemporary-world-music-album-en}"
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