Pop culture in North Africa and the Middle East

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A ready-reference guide to pop culture in countries in North Africa and the Middle East, covering subjects ranging from the latest young adult book craze in Egypt to the hottest movies in Saudi Arabia. Allows readers to make cross-cultural comparisons by relating pop culture in the Islamic world to pop culture in the United States. Provides information that students can use in daily life, such as renting a popular or acclaimed Middle Eastern film or watching a YouTube video of Egyptian music

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Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East

In: Entertainment and Society Around the World Ser.

Hammond, Andrew

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on the Spelling of Arabic Words -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Popular Music -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Arab Spring Sounds -- Further Reading -- Birth of Arab Pop -- Further Reading -- Classical Singers -- Further Reading -- Dissident Music -- Further Reading -- Egyptian Shaabi -- Further Reading -- Gulf Singers -- Further Reading -- Israel -- Further Reading -- Maqamat and Instrumentation -- Further Reading -- New Youth Trends -- Further Reading -- Opera -- Further Reading -- Pop Stars -- Further Reading -- Rai Music -- Further Reading -- Umm Kulthum and the Golden Age -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Books and Contemporary Literature -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Early 20th-Century Masters -- Further Reading -- E-Books -- Further Reading -- Evolution of the Modern Novel -- Further Reading -- Leftist and Arab Spring Writers -- Further Reading -- Poetry -- Further Reading -- Religious Writers -- Further Reading -- Saudi Novelists -- Further Reading -- Women Writers and New Novelists -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Film -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Censorship and Decline -- Further Reading -- Classic Directors -- Further Reading -- Egyptian Comedy Stars -- Further Reading -- Egyptian New Realist Cinema -- Further Reading -- Film Festivals, Funding, and the Entertainment Press -- Further Reading -- Golden Age Movie Stars -- Further Reading -- Golden Era -- Further Reading -- Lebanese Civil War Films -- Further Reading -- Modern Cinema Stars -- Further Reading -- Moroccan Cinema -- Further Reading -- Palestinian, Syrian, and Gulf Cinema -- Further Reading -- Tunisian Directors -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Television and Radio -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- Early Pan-Arab and Western-Based Arab Media -- Further Reading.