ETHNOMUS 25 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mashriq, Arab Culture, Art Music
Document Summary
Music, nation, and the individual: how did umm kulthum become the voice of egypt? . Umm kulthum (1904-1975), was an internationally famous egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress of the 1920s to the 1970s. She is known as kawkab al-sharq ( star of the east ) in arabic. More than three decades after her death in 1975, she is still widely regarded as the greatest female arabic singer in history. The near east: maghrib and mashriq: near east is a geographical term that roughly encompasses western asia. Despite having varying definitions within different academic circles, the term was originally applied to the maximum extent of the ottoman empire, but has since been gradually replaced by the term middle east. Historical relationship of arab and islamic cultures (badeau: what do we mean by arab? , military conquest, imperil culture and a colonial history. Unifying traits of arab music: arabic language, maqam.
