‘Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music and the Visual Arts of the Middle East’ by Sherifa Zuhur (ed.).
Introduction:
Explores the ways in which performers and artists today express the quality tarab (‘enchantment’). The ‘Dance and Spectacle’ section includes Edward Said on Tahia Carioca, while ‘Music and Maqam’ includes material on tarab in the mystic Sufi chant of Egypt and in Farid al-Atrash’s romantic musical star image.
‘Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing arts of the Middle East’ by Sherifa Zuhur (ed.).
Introduction:
The eighteen essays in this book cover themes as diverse as dance and female performance in Egypt and the Arab world, the music of Arab Americans, cinema in Egypt, and Hollywood representations of the Middle East. The contributions come from scholars and critics and from the artists themselves.
‘A Trade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt’ by Karin Van Nieuwkerk.
Introduction:
This well-researched study of female public entertainers in Egypt in the 19th and (mostly) 20th centuries gives illuminating details of their occupation and the complex social issues that surround it.
