"El Amiis El Karoo" (The Flannel Shirt) is the latest single and video from Egyptian rock artist and human rights activist Ramy Essam. Released on November 27th, 2020, the song marks 1,000 days of imprisonment of Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy.

Galal has been imprisoned in Egypt since the 2018 release of the song "Balaha", which he wrote lyrics for. In 2018, Galal was sentenced to 3 years in prison and a fine by the Military Court in Cairo, for his unpublished book of poetry, The Finest Women On Earth. Galal wrote the poem El Amiis El Karoo in Tora Prison, Cairo, in 2018.

The video also highlights the #IwantToBreathe campaign in which people are sharing pictures of themselves having plastic bags on their head, that started in Egypt in 2016: "Prisoners in Egypt are slowly dying because of the deteriorating conditions of their cells." 
"El Amiss El Karoo" is the first release and the title track of Ramy's upcoming album.

El Amiis El Karoo (The Flannel Shirt) القميص الكاروه

Ramy Essam