I won’t visit Egypt as long as el-Sisi and any like-minded successors remain in power. The situation pains me enormously, but I’m able to take solace in books, films and now, also in Nancy Mounir’s transportive new album Nozhet El Nofous. The Egyptian musician and producer recontextualizes scratchy recordings from the 1920s in her highly unusual remix endeavor. The occasional difficulty in discerning Mounir’s subtle contributions from the sounds on the original vinyl is part of the substantial charm. Not unlike a recurring dream, Nozhet El Nofous is appealingly unreal. The pyramids can wait.