JellyZone: Egypt's experimental party series for the Cairo underground – Pan African Music

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JellyZone’s founder, Donia Shohdy, completed a degree in editing at a film institute in Egypt and worked in the field for the majority of her twenties before moving on to engage with her affinity for music. Music was always a part of her childhood; Donia used to play the flute at the Cairo Opera House and went on to develop an interest in jazz during her teenage years. “My parents used to listen to a lot of music and all of it was very different and from across lots of different genres. They mostly listened to underground artists so I…