Media of the Masses investigates the social life of an everyday technology—the cassette
tape—to offer a multisensory history of modern Egypt. Over the 1970s and 1980s, cassettes …

Contemporary scholars in the intersecting field of popular culture and Islamic studies have
argued for the importance of researching the ways Muslims engage with, make meaning of …

The increase of Islamic populism is in line with a massive spread of popular culture bringing
Islamic symbols. This condition has brought a proliferation of Islamic activism which …

This study explores the Korean Wave and fandom in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It follows
Iranian women's consumption of Korean popular culture in the context of their general pop …

Since the events of the 'Arab Spring'in 2011, the field (s) of cultural production of the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) have attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, the …

The aim of this thesis is to identify and locate an experimental electronic music 'scene'in Iran
within a web of historical-social-political-religiouseconomic-technological agencies …

Dabke, one of Syria's most beloved dance music traditions, is at the center of the country's
war and the social tensions that preceded conflict. Drawing on almost two decades of …

Research on Islam and consumption focuses mostly on commercialisation of Islam. This
article studies Islam-consumption interaction in the context of religious competition within …

ABSTRACT “Being Muslim” is a complex identity formation process that involves negotiating
what is considered “Islamic” or “non-Islamic” selves in various localized and globalized …

«Pur essendo profondamente oltraggiati dagli atti terroristici, dobbiamo cercare di collocarli
nei contesti politici, culturali e morali che danno loro significato. La condanna e la …