The January Children
The January Children

Author: Safia Elhillo

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0803295987

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The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning accepted truths about geography, history, nationhood, and home. The poems mythologize family histories until they break open, using them to explore aspects of Sudan's history of colonial occupation, dictatorship, and diaspora. Several of the poems speak to the late Egyptian singer Abdelhalim Hafez, who addressed many of his songs to the asmarani--an Arabic term of endearment for a brown-skinned or dark-skinned person. Elhillo explores Arabness and Africanness and the tensions generated by a hyphenated identity in those two worlds.

Hymns, Prayers, and Songs
Hymns, Prayers, and Songs

Author: Susan T. Hollis

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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This is the first comprehensive anthology in English of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry.

Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt
Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt

Author: Sherifa Zuhur

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-12-10

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1476681996

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This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt. It covers Oriental dance, known as belly dance or danse du ventre, regional or group-specific dances and rituals, sha'bi (lower-class urban music and dance style), mulid (drawing on Sufi tradition and saints' day festivals) and mahraganat (youth-created, primarily electronic music with lively rhythms and biting lyrics). The chapters discuss genres and sub-genres and their evolution, the demeanor of dancers, trends old and new, and social and political criticism that use the imagery of dance or a dancer. Also considered are the globalization of Egyptian dance, the replication or fantasies of raqs sharqi outside of Egypt, as well as the dance as a hobby, competitive dance form, and focus of international dance festivals.