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- catalog abstract ""The great Arab singer Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the 1930s, as World War II approached. A Druze princess actually named Amal al-Atrash, she came from an important clan in the mountains of Syria, but broke free from her traditional family background, left her husband, and became a public performer, a role frowned upon for women of the time. She was also rumored to be an agent for the allied Forces during World War II. Through the story of Asmahan and her musical career, the reader glimpses not only aspects of the cultural and political history of Egypt and Syria between the two world wars, but also the change in attitude in the Arab world toward women as public performers on stage."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12025990.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""The great Arab singer Asmahan was the toast of Cairo song and cinema in the 1930s, as World War II approached. A Druze princess actually named Amal al-Atrash, she came from an important clan in the mountains of Syria, but broke free from her traditional family background, left her husband, and became a public performer, a role frowned upon for women of the time. She was also rumored to be an agent for the allied Forces during World War II. Through the story of Asmahan and her musical career, the reader glimpses not only aspects of the cultural and political history of Egypt and Syria between the two world wars, but also the change in attitude in the Arab world toward women as public performers on stage."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Disentangling the diva -- A child of Ma'ruf -- To quiet the nightingale -- The triumph of youth -- Mission of war -- Passion and revenge from Jerusalem to the road of death -- Asmahan's musical legacy -- Culture, politics, and gender.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 247 p., [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Asmahan's secrets.".
- catalog identifier "0292798075".
- catalog isFormatOf "Asmahan's secrets.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin,".
- catalog relation "Asmahan's secrets.".
- catalog spatial "Syria".
- catalog subject "782.42163/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Asmahān, 1912-1944.".
- catalog subject "ML420.A92 Z85 2000".
- catalog subject "Singers Biography.".
- catalog subject "Singers Syria Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Disentangling the diva -- A child of Ma'ruf -- To quiet the nightingale -- The triumph of youth -- Mission of war -- Passion and revenge from Jerusalem to the road of death -- Asmahan's musical legacy -- Culture, politics, and gender.".
- catalog title "Asmahan's secrets : woman, war, and song / by Sherifa Zuhur.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".