"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...

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1. Verfasser:	Zuhur, Sherifa (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Austin Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Univ. of Texas 2000
Schlagworte:	Asmahān <1912-1944> Asmahān > 1912-1944 Singers > Syria > Biography Syrien Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	"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 World War II. 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	X, 247 S.
ISBN:	0292798075 9780292798076