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Flap My Wings is a collaborative album inspired by Daniel and Patrick Lazour s musical We Live in Cairo. In the following essay, the brothers share their journey of working with artists from around the world for the release. Patrick and Daniel Lazour Ariana McLaughlin We Live in Cairo is a musical my brother Daniel and I have been working on for eight or so years about six students who took part in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Over this period, we have gone through workshops, written about 20 drafts, replaced all (and I mean all) 18 of the original songs (one of which was titled âA Little Whiskey,â which I still regret getting rid of), did a reading in the city of Cairo, and were fortunate enough to have a stunning production of the show at the American Repertory Theater directed by force of nature Taibi Magar. ....