The Voice Of Egypt
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Author |
: Virginia Danielson |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2008-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226136080 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226136086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis "The Voice of Egypt" by : Virginia Danielson
Umm Kulthum, the "voice of Egypt," was the most celebrated musical performer of the century in the Arab world. More than twenty years after her death, her devoted audience, drawn from all strata of Arab society, still numbers in the millions. Thanks to her skillful and pioneering use of mass media, her songs still permeate the international airwaves. In the first English-language biography of Umm Kulthum, Virginia Danielson chronicles the life of a major musical figure and the confluence of artistry, society, and creativity that characterized her remarkable career. Danielson examines the careful construction of Umm Kulthum's phenomenal popularity and success in a society that discouraged women from public performance. From childhood, her mentors honed her exceptional abilities to accord with Arab and Muslim practice, and as her stature grew, she remained attentive to her audience and the public reception of her work. Ultimately, she created from local precendents and traditions her own unique idiom and developed original song styles from both populist and neo-classical inspirations. These were enthusiastically received, heralded as crowning examples of a new, yet authentically Arab-Egyptian, culture. Danielson shows how Umm Kulthum's music and public personality helped form popular culture and contributed to the broader artistic, societal, and political forces that surrounded her. This richly descriptive account joins biography with social theory to explore the impact of the individual virtuoso on both music and society at large while telling the compelling story of one of the most famous musicians of all time. "She is born again every morning in the heart of 120 million beings. In the East a day without Umm Kulthum would have no color."—Omar Sharif
Author |
: Virginia Danielson |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226136124 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226136127 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis "The Voice of Egypt" by : Virginia Danielson
Preface Technical Note 1: "The Voice and Face of Egypt" 2: Childhood in the Egyptian Delta 3: Beginning in Cairo 4: Media, Style, and Idiom 5: "The Golden Age of Umm Kulthum" and Two Cultural Formations 6: "The Voice of Egypt": The Artists' Work and Shared Aesthetics 7: Umm Kulthum and a New Generation Legacies of a Performer Glossary Notes References Sources for the Illustrations Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author |
: Kay Winters |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1426304005 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781426304002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Voices of Ancient Egypt by : Kay Winters
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Author |
: Laura Lohman |
Publisher |
: Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2013-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780819570734 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0819570737 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Umm Kulthum by : Laura Lohman
How an extraordinary woman shaped her career and legacy through war In 1967 Egypt and the Arab world suffered a devastating defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War. Though long past the age at which most singers would have retired, the sexagenarian Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum launched a multifaceted response to the defeat that not only sustained her career, but also expanded her international fame and shaped her legacy. By examining biographies, dramas, monuments, radio programming practices, and recent recordings, Laura Lohman delves into Umm Kulth m's role in fashioning her image and the conflicting ways that her image and music have been interpreted since her death in 1975.
Author |
: Sélim Nassib |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015062537306 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis I Loved You for Your Voice by : Sélim Nassib
The story of the Arab world's greatest and most popular singer, Umm Kalthum, told through the eyes of the poet Ahmad Rami, who wrote her lyrics and loved her in vain all his life. Spanning five decades in the history of modern Egypt, Nassib's passionate tale of love and longing provides a key to understanding the soul, the aspirations and disappointments of the Arab world.
Author |
: Robert Bauval |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2012-07-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781591438137 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1591438136 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Breaking the Mirror of Heaven by : Robert Bauval
Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day • Details the vandalism of Egyptian antiquities and suppression of ancient knowledge under foreign rulers who sought to cleanse Egypt of its “pagan” past • Reveals the real reason behind Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt: Freemasonry • Shows how the censorship of nonofficial Egyptology as well as new archaeological discoveries continued under Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Called the “Mirror of Heaven” by Hermes-Thoth and regarded as the birthplace of civilization, science, religion, and magic, Egypt has ignited the imagination of all who come in contact with it since ancient times--from Pythagoras and Plato to Alexander the Great and Napoleon to modern Egyptologists the world over. Yet, despite this preeminence in the collective mind, Egypt has suffered considerable destruction over the centuries. Even before the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria, the land of the pharaohs was pillaged by its own people. With the arrival of foreign rulers, both Arabic and European, the destruction and thievery continued along with suppression of ancient knowledge as some rulers sought to cleanse Egypt of its “pagan” past. Exploring the many cycles of destruction and suppression in Egypt as well as moments of salvation, such as the first registered excavations by Auguste Mariette, Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman investigate the many conquerors of Egypt through the millennia as well as what has happened to famous artifacts such as the Rosetta Stone. They show how Napoleon, through his invasion, wanted to revive ancient Egyptian wisdom and art because of its many connections to Freemasonry. They reveal how the degradation of monuments, theft of relics, and censorship of ancient teachings continue to this day. Exposing recent cover-ups during the tenure of Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass, they explain how new discoveries at Giza were closed to further research. Clearing cultural and historical distortions, the authors reveal the long-hidden and persecuted voice of ancient Egypt and call for the return of Egypt to its rightful place as “the Mother of Nations” and “the Mirror of Heaven.”
Author |
: Mika Waltari |
Publisher |
: Rare Treasure Editions |
Total Pages |
: 703 |
Release |
: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781774642979 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1774642972 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Egyptian by : Mika Waltari
First published in the 1940s and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other American novel published that same year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world’s history: an Egypt when pharaohs contended with the near-collapse of history’s greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from Babylon to Crete, from Thebes to Jerusalem, while centering around one unforgettable figure: Sinuhe, a man of mysterious origins who rises from the depths of degradation to get close to the Pharoah...
Author |
: Virginia Danielson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9774243862 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789774243868 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Voice of Egypt by : Virginia Danielson
Author |
: Alaa Al Aswany |
Publisher |
: Random House India |
Total Pages |
: 531 |
Release |
: 2015-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788184007312 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8184007310 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Automobile Club of Egypt by : Alaa Al Aswany
A rollicking, exuberant and powerfully moving story of a family swept up by social unrest in post–World War II Cairo Abd el-Aziz Gaafar, formerly a well-respected landowner now in the grip of penury, moves his family to Cairo and takes on menial work at the Automobile Club—a place of refuge and luxury for its European members, but one where Egyptians may appear only as servants. Alku, the lifelong Nubian servant of Egypt’s corrupt king, runs the show in all but name. The servants, a squabbling, humorous, and deeply human group, live in a perpetual state of fear: beaten for their mistakes, their wages dependent on Alku’s whims. When Abd el-Aziz’s pride gets the better of him and he stands up for himself, his death—as much from shame as from his injuries after Alku has him beaten—leaves his widow further impoverished and two of his sons obliged to work in the Club. As the family is drawn into the turbulent politics of Egypt—public and private—both servants and masters are subsumed by the country’s social upheaval. Soon, the Egyptians of the Automobile Club face a stark choice: to live safely but without dignity as servants, or to fight for their rights and risk everything.
Author |
: Connilyn Cossette |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2016-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441229410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441229418 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Counted With the Stars (Out From Egypt Book #1) by : Connilyn Cossette
A Story of Love, Desperation, and Hope During a Great Biblical Epoch Sold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all. To save her older brother and escape the bonds of slavery, Kiya flees with the Hebrews during the Great Exodus. She finds herself utterly dependent on a fearsome God she's only just beginning to learn about, and in love with a man who despises her people. With everything she's ever known swept away, will Kiya turn back toward Egypt or surrender her life and her future to Yahweh?