Asmahan''s Secrets : Woman, War and Song
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0863563279
ISBN-13
9780863563270
Publisher
Saqi Books
Imprint
Saqi Books
Country of Manufacture
LB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 2001
Print length
247 Pages
Weight
380 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.50 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Music: styles & genresIndividual composers & musicians, specific bands & groupsMusic: styles and genresComposers and songwritersBiography: arts & entertainmentBiography: arts and entertainmentGender studies: women and girlsEthnic studies / EthnicityGender studies: womenEthnic studies
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The great Arab singer Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the 1930s, as World War II approached. She was also rumored to be an agent for the allied forces during WWII. This work presents the story of Asmahan and her musical career, and the aspects of the cultural and political history of Egypt and Syria between the two world wars.
The great Arab singer, Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the 1930s, as World War II approached. A Druze princess actually named Amal al-Atrash, she came from an important clan in the mountains of Syria, but broke free from her traditional family background, left her husband, and became a public performer, a role frowned upon for women of the time. She was also rumored to be an agent for the allied forces during WWII. Through the story of Asmahan and her musical career, the reader glimpses not only aspects of the cultural and political history of Egypt and Syria between the two world wars, but also the change in attitude in the Arab world toward women as public performers on stage.
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