This article examines how the performance of a variety of Islamic music in transnational
cultural circuits helps to promote the idea of a style of sacred music within the category of …

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The experiences of displaced musicians and the socio-cultural practices connected to them
are marginalized in the study of refugee movements—especially new ones like the Syrian …

This article examines how the concepts of" al-Andalus" and" Andalusian music" serve as
touchstones for cultural identity in contemporary Syria and Morocco. I investigate how the …

Music in Conflict studies the complex relationship of musical culture to political life in
Palestine-Israel, where conflict has both shaped and claimed the lives of Palestinians and …

Aleppo is regarded as one of the historical centres of an urban Arab art music tradition
known as' tarab'. During the war that followed Syria's 2011 political uprisings, vast parts of …

Focus: Music and Religion of Morocco introduces the region and its history, highlighting how
the pressures of religious life, post-colonial economic struggle, and global media come …

This article explores the rhetorical function of al-Andalus (medieval Spain) in modern Syrian
popular culture, with a focus on music. The rhetoric of al-Andalus in Syria is intimately …

It is nearing midnight on a summer evening in 2016 as I walk up the steep cobblestone hill
from the Tophane tram stop toward the Galatasaray High School. The evening is pleasant …

This study examines the usage of ghammāz (dominant note) particularly in the opening
section in Arab maqām music, which has eluded the mainstream of debate in maqām theory …