Fairouz And The Arab Diaspora

Author : Dima Issa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Arabs
ISBN : 0755641795

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Fairouz and the Arab Diaspora by Dima Issa Pdf

With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades. In this book, Dima Issa explores the role of Fairouz's music in creating a sense of Arab identity amidst changing political, economic context. Based on two years of research including 60 interviews, it takes an ethnographic approach, focussing on audience reception of Fairouz's music among the Arab diasporas of London and Doha. It shows that for discussants, talking about Fairouz meant discussing diasporic life, bringing to the surface notions of Arabness and authenticity, presence and absence, naturalization and citizenship, and the issue of gender. Conversations with the research respondents shed light on the idea of iltizam (commitment), or how members of the Arab diaspora hold on to attributes that they feel define and differentiate them from others.

Author : Dima Issa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780755641789

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Fairouz and the Arab Diaspora by Dima Issa Pdf

With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades. In this book, Dima Issa explores the role of Fairouz's music in creating a sense of Arab identity amidst changing political, economic context. Based on two years of research including 60 interviews, it takes an ethnographic approach, focussing on audience reception of Fairouz's music among the Arab diasporas of London and Doha. It shows that for discussants, talking about Fairouz meant discussing diasporic life, bringing to the surface notions of Arabness and authenticity, presence and absence, naturalization and citizenship, and the issue of gender. Conversations with the research respondents shed light on the idea of iltizam (commitment), or how members of the Arab diaspora hold on to attributes that they feel define and differentiate them from others.

Author : Zahia Smail Salhi,Ian Richard Netton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134186808

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The Arab Diaspora by Zahia Smail Salhi,Ian Richard Netton Pdf

The Arab Diaspora examines the range of roles the Arab world has played to various audiences on the modern and postmodern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result. The variety of roles explored reflects the diversity of Arab culture. With particular focus placed on political, diplomatic and cultural issues, the book explores the relationship between the Arab world and the West, covering topics including: Islam and its common ancestry and relationship with Christianity the varying forms of Arab civilization and its inability in more modern times to fulfil the dreams of nineteenth and twentieth century reformers continued stereotyping of the Arab world within the media. The Arab Diaspora is essential reading for those with interests in Arabic and Middle East studies, and cultural studies.

Author : Kaya Davies Hayon,Stefanie Van de Peer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781501393235

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Transnational Arab Stardom by Kaya Davies Hayon,Stefanie Van de Peer Pdf

Building on the work of star studies scholars, this collection provides contextual analyses of off-screen representation, as well as close textual analyses of films and star personas, thereby offering an in-depth study of the Arab star as text and context of Arab cinema. Using the tools of audience reception studies, the collection will also look at how stars (of film, stage, screen and new media) are viewed and received in different cultural contexts, both within and outside of the Arabic-speaking world. Arab cinema is often discussed in terms of political representation and independent art film, but rarely in terms of stardom, glamour, performance or masquerade. Aside from a few individual studies on female stardom or aspects of Arab masculinity, no major English-language study on Arab stardom exists, and collections on transnational stars or world cinema also often neglect to include Arab performers. This new book seeks to address this gap by providing the first study dedicated entirely to stardom on the Arab screen. Structured chronologically and thematically, this collection highlights and explores Arab film, screen and music stars through a transnational and interdisciplinary set of contributions that draw on feminist, performance and film theories, media studies, sound studies, material culture, queer star and celebrity studies, and social media studies.

Author : Mariam F. Alkazemi,Claudia E. Youakim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793617675

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Arab Worlds Beyond the Middle East and North Africa by Mariam F. Alkazemi,Claudia E. Youakim Pdf

Just like people around the world have done for generations, Arab people from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region have immigrated to various nations around the world. A number of ‘push’ factors account for why groups have left their homeland and ‘pulled’ to another nation to settle. The history and patterns of Arab migration out of the MENA illustrates the wide array of reasons for these patterns, primarily illustrating that mass emigration and settlement are highly linked to a number of factors, including social, political, economic, familial climates of each nation-state and its policies. If it is one takeaway that this edited volume brings to light, it is that the Arab MENA does not only include a diverse population within each nation-state it also illustrates the ways in which their settlement in new nations have contributed to their own identity development patterns, their communities, and that of their new nation-state. This book celebrates the achievements and acknowledges the challenges of the new communities that Arabs have built around the world. It shows examples of societies that have embraced the Arab diaspora as well as examples of sidelining these communities. These examples come from a number of subject areas, from music to international affairs. The examples are both contemporary and historical, authored by individuals with a diverse set of disciplinary lenses and professional training. This book is meant to fill a gap in the literature as it expands on the understanding of Arab communities to inform and inspire a more nuanced, inclusive approach to the study of the Arab diaspora. It does so by revealing untold stories that challenge stereotypes to push for more inclusive media representation of Arab identity and its development in various regions of the world.

Author : Evelyn Alsultany,Ella Habiba Shohat
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472069446

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Between the Middle East and the Americas by Evelyn Alsultany,Ella Habiba Shohat Pdf

Perceptions of the Middle East in conflicting discourses from North America, South America, and Europe

Author : Paul Tabar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Lebanese
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131814803

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Lebanese Diaspora by Paul Tabar Pdf

Author : Michał Borodo,Juliane House,Wojciech Wachowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811038006

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Moving Texts, Migrating People and Minority Languages by Michał Borodo,Juliane House,Wojciech Wachowski Pdf

In an age of migration, in a world deeply divided through cultural differences and in the context of ongoing efforts to preserve national and regional traditions and identities, the issues of language and translation are becoming absolutely vital. At the heart of these complex, intercultural interactions are various types of agents, intermediaries and mediators, including translators, writers, artists, policy makers and publishers involved in the preservation or rejuvenation of literary and cultural repertoires, languages and identities. The major themes of this book include language and translation in the context of migration and diasporas, migrant experiences and identities, the translation from and into minority and lesser-used languages, but also, in a broader sense, the international circulation of texts, concepts and people. The volume offers a valuable resource for researchers in the field of translation studies, lecturers teaching translation at the university level and postgraduate students in translation studies. Further, it will benefit researchers in migration studies, linguistics, literary and cultural studies who are interested in learning how translation studies relates to other disciplines.

Author : Thomas Burkhalter,Kay Dickinson,Benjamin J. Harbert
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819573872

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The Arab Avant-Garde by Thomas Burkhalter,Kay Dickinson,Benjamin J. Harbert Pdf

The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music From jazz trumpeters drawing on the noises of warfare in Beirut to female heavy metallers in Alexandria, the Arab culture offers a wealth of exciting, challenging, and diverse musics. The essays in this collection investigate the plethora of compositional and improvisational techniques, performance styles, political motivations, professional trainings, and inter-continental collaborations that claim the mantle of "innovation" within Arab and Arab diaspora music. While most books on Middle Eastern music-making focus on notions of tradition and regionally specific genres, The Arab Avant Garde presents a radically hybrid and globally dialectic set of practices. Engaging the "avant-garde"—a term with Eurocentric resonances—this anthology disturbs that presumed exclusivity, drawing on and challenging a growing body of literature about alternative modernities. Chapters delve into genres and modes as diverse as jazz, musical theatre, improvisation, hip hop, and heavy metal as performed in countries like Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and the United States. Focusing on multiple ways in which the "Arab avant-garde" becomes manifest, this anthology brings together international writers with eclectic disciplinary trainings—practicing musicians, area studies specialists, ethnomusicologists, and scholars of popular culture and media. Contributors include Sami W. Asmar, Michael Khoury, Saed Muhssin, Marina Peterson, Kamran Rastegar, Caroline Rooney, and Shayna Silverstein, as well as the editors.

Author : Zahra Hankir
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525505204

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Our Women on the Ground by Zahra Hankir Pdf

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour “A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat—female journalists—are working tirelessly to shape nuanced narratives about their changing homelands, often risking their lives on the front lines of war. From sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo to the difficulty of traveling without a male relative in Yemen, their challenges are unique—as are their advantages, such as being able to speak candidly with other women at a Syrian medical clinic or with men on Whatsapp who will go on to become ISIS fighters, rebels, or pro-regime soldiers. In Our Women on the Ground, nineteen of these women tell us, in their own words, about what it’s like to report on conflicts that (quite literally) hit close to home. Their daring and heartfelt stories, told here for the first time, shatter stereotypes about the region’s women and provide an urgently needed perspective on a part of the world that is frequently misunderstood. INCLUDING ESSAYS BY: Donna Abu-Nasr, Aida Alami, Hannah Allam, Jane Arraf, Lina Attalah, Nada Bakri, Shamael Elnoor, Zaina Erhaim, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Hind Hassan, Eman Helal, Zeina Karam, Roula Khalaf, Nour Malas, Hwaida Saad, Amira Al-Sharif, Heba Shibani, Lina Sinjab, and Natacha Yazbeck

Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521898072

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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture by Dwight F. Reynolds Pdf

An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.

Author : Scott Marcus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015064215737

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Music in Egypt: Includes CD by Scott Marcus Pdf

This volume focuses on the variety of music that fill the eastern Arab world, with special focus on the musics found in modern day Egypt.

Author : Michael Aaron Frishkopf
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9774162935

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Music and Media in the Arab World by Michael Aaron Frishkopf Pdf

Since the turn of the twentieth century the dramatic rise of mass media has profoundly transformed music practices in the Arab world. Music has adapted to successive forms of media disseminationDLfrom phonograph cylinders to MP3sDLeach subjected to the political and economic forces of its particular era and region. Carried by mass media, the broader culture of Arab music has been thoroughly transformed as well. Simultaneously, mass mediated music has become a powerful social force. While parallel processes have unfolded worldwide, their implications in the Arabic-speaking world have thus far received little scholarly attention. This provocative volume features sixteen new essays examining these issues, especially televised music and the controversial new genre of the music video. Perceptive voicesDLboth emerging and establishedDLrepresent a wide variety of academic disciplines. Incisive essays by Egyptian critics display the textures of public Arabic discourse to an English readership. Authors address the key issues of contemporary Arab societyDLgender and sexuality, Islam, class, economy, power, and nationDLas refracted through the culture of mediated music. Interconnected by a web of recurrent concepts, this collection transcends music to become an important resource for the study of contemporary Arab society and culture. Contributors: Wael Abdel Fattah, Yasser Abdel-Latif, Moataz Abdel Aziz, Tamim Al-Barghouti, Mounir Al Wassimi, Walter Armbrust, Elisabeth Cestor, Hani Darwish, Walid El Khachab, Abdel-Wahab Elmessiri, James Grippo, Patricia Kubala, Katherine Meizel, Zein Nassar, Ibrahim Saleh, Laith Ulaby.

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851094547

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Pop Culture Arab World! by Andrew Hammond Pdf

The first book to explore how Arab pop culture has succeeded in helping forge a pan-Arab identity, where Arab nationalism has failed. Pop Culture Arab World! is the first volume to explore the full scope of Arab cultural life since World War II. The book reveals a homogeneous yet richly diverse culture across the Arab nations. In-depth chapters feature radio/TV (particularly the satellite revolution, which has fostered a shared Arab identity), the press (vibrant and controversial), cinema (once thriving, now in crisis), music (the beating heart of modern Arabness), theater (a largely assimilated Western import), popular religion, belly dance (originating in the Arab world), Western consumerism, sport, and the Arabic language (for Muslims, the tongue of God's final revelation). At a time when almost all we see of the Middle East is violence, oppressive nationalism, dangerous zealotry, and despair, this book is a vivid reminder of the humanity of the region's diverse people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Cultural pluralism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132657771

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Diaspora by Anonim Pdf