Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt

<p> This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt. It covers Oriental dance, known as belly dance or <I>danse du ventre</I>, regional or group-specific dances and rituals, <I>sha'bi</I> (lower-class urban music and dance style), <I>mulid</I> (drawing on Sufi tradition and saints' day festivals) and <I>mahraganat</I> (youth-created, primarily electroni