Colors of Enchantment

In this companion volume to the successful Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East (AUC Press, 1998), historian and ethnomusicologist Sherifa Zuhur has once again commissioned and edited authoritative essays from noteworthy scholars from around the globe that explore the visual and performing arts in the Middle East.What differentiates this volume from its predecessor is its investigation of theater, from the early modern period to the contemporary. Topics include ra