MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chain Migration, Riq, Mawwal
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Chapter 4 : music and migration: the arab migration from the middle east. Reminder: next class will begin with a quiz testing material from last week"s and today"s lectures on the chinese and arab migrations. Case study: the arab migration from the middle east. Wakef ala shat baher ( standing on the shore ) Dissolution of ottoman empire fuels latter part of first wave of arab immigration 1950s-60s: The second wave of arab immigrants, including those displaced by 1948 arab-israeli war. 1960s-present: the third wave of arab immigration fleeing political instability and turmoil in the middle east. Last week, we talked about diaspora in the chinese. We will talk about voluntary migration and next week forced in the african slave trade. The snapshot of the wave migration in the middle east. Look at the textbook which has an american focus. The first wave came from greater syria and focus on lebanon and egypt.