The public sphere in the Middle East and elsewhere is changing rapidly due to the global
availability of new technologies of mass media. As a result of the growing influence of …

This special issue centers on how Islam becomes present in the public through material,
tangible forms, including mosques, headscarves, and movies in a wide variety of locations …

Arian, 222, 247, 251–252, 256 art: auratic, 76; orientalist, 106; pious, 150, 188, 206, 209,
214; popular, 2, 131; purposeful, 155, 158–159, 172–178, 179–183, 192, 200; purposeless …

New faces of Muslim actors using both secular and religious idiom are appearing in public
life; the terms of public debate are being transformed by the eruption of religious issues; …

Two antinomies have determined the representation and self–representation of the cultural
development of Islamic countries. It has in a linear sense been regarded as an alternating …

In contrast to many books on Islam that focus on political rhetoric and activism, this book
explores Islam's extraordinarily rich cultural and artistic diversity, showing how sound, music …

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Culture is a constant reference in debates surrounding Islam in Europe. Yet the notion of
culture is commonly restricted to conceptual frames of multiculturalism where it relates to …

joseph alagha 150 joseph alagha nization labels it. In addition to primary Arabic Internet
sources and secondary sources in English, I conducted two fieldwork visits, in the summer of …

This article analyses discussions about music in the new public sphere of the Arab world.
First, it focuses on what states do to control musical expressions and what functions religious …