Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt

This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt. It covers Oriental dance, known as belly dance or danse du ventre, regional or group-specific dances and rituals, sha''bi (lower-class urban music and dance style), mulid (drawing on Sufi tradition and saints'' day festivals) and mahraganat (youth-created, ...