Hammond, Andrew,  1970- <br/><br/>
Popular culture in the Arab world :  arts, politics, and the media / 
Andrew Hammond. 
 - Cairo :  American University in Cairo Press ;  2007. 
 - viii, 367 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> 'An earlier version of this book was published as Pop culture Arab world!: media, arts, and lifestyle in 2004 by ABC-CLIO.'--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-351) and index. 
<br/><br/> Culture and politics in the Arab world today -- The Arabic language : the key to Arab identity -- Popular religion : where 1001 Islams converge -- Arab consumer culture : the packaging of people and places -- Arab cinema and the dream of modernization -- From Umm Kalthum to Arabpop -- The belly dance : a reinvented Arab groove -- Television : from media mobilization to satellite revolution -- The trials and tribulations of the Arabic press -- Arab theater : the struggle for high culture 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789774160547 (pbk.)  RM100.70 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Arab--21st century.<br/>Popular culture--Arab countries.<br/>Mass media--Arab countries.