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"Palestinian Music in Exile is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate and undocumented locations. The stories taking center stage show creatively divergent and revolutionary performance springing from conditions of colonialism, repression, and underdevelopment. What role does music play in the social spaces of Palestinian exile? How are the routes and roadblocks to musical success impacted by regional and international power structures? And how are questions of style, genre, or national tradition navigated by Palestinian musicians? Based on seven years of research in Europe and the Middle East, this timely and inspiring collection of musical ethnographies is the first oral history of contemporary Palestinian musicianship to appear in book form, and the only study to encompass such a broad range of experiences of the ghurba, or place of exile."--
List of contents
Timeline of events
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Strings Of The Street: Resistance Aesthetics Of A Nation In Movement
Chapter 2. Za'atar, Zeit, And Fairuz: Growing Up Palestinian In Kuwait
Reem Kelani's Musical Beginnings
Chapter 3. 'Nothing Stops Tradition': Dialects Of Cultural Reinvention In Exile
Experiences Of Palestinian Instrumentalism In Bilad al-Sham
Chapter 4. Village Dreams In Urban Gaza: A Young Girl's Musical Intifada
Music And Land In A Palestinian Socialist Household
Chapter 5. Smashing The Pyramids: Encores Of Palestinian Radicalism In Egypt
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, The Cairo Underground, And The Sabreen Influence
Chapter 6. 'An Even Tougher Act Of Resistance': Instrumentalism In The Dakhil
Saied Silbak And The Music Of Internal Displacement
Chapter 7. 'Ahla Ay¿m': The Most Beautiful Days
Tarab, al-Wäan, And Gaza's New Generation Of Musicians
Chapter 8. Sumud And The City: Old And New Comradeship In Istanbul
Fares Anbar, Ahmed Haddad, and The Turkish Migrant Scene
Conclusion: Where To?
GlossaryReferences
About the author
Louis Brehony
Summary
A historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locations
Palestinian Music in Exile is a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locations, including Gaza, Turkey, Kuwait, and Egypt. Grassroots musicians emerge here as powerful actors, their stories taking center stage, offering critiques of existing conditions, and new perspectives on displacement and the transmission of Palestinian narratives, and presenting alternative visions for the future.
Louis Brehony argues that, under conditions of colonial relations and repeated displacement, the reclaiming of public space has gone hand in hand with aesthetic revolution, both broadening and traditionalizing the sounds of Palestine, and carrying messages of sumud (steadfastness) and resistance. Based on a decade’s research in Europe and the Middle East, this timely and inspiring collection of musical ethnographies provides a rich oral history of contemporary Palestinian musicianship and encompasses a broad range of experiences of the ghurba, or state of exile.
Foreword
A historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East, spanning half a century in disparate locations.
