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Arab Music and Dance Resources
Iraqi Maqam
Maqam World Music Website
Najwa Adra
The Oudman - Najeeb Shaheen
Rashid's Music Sales Co., Inc
Turath
Maqam Resources
Brooklyn Maqam Cultural Partners
Alwan for the Arts
Arab American Association of NY
Alwan for the Arts
Arab American Association of NY
Brooklyn Maqam Community Resources
Arab American Family Support Center
Islamic Society of Bay Ridge
NAAP-NY: Network of Arab-American Professionals, NY
Salaam Club of New York
Arab American Family Support Center
Islamic Society of Bay Ridge
NAAP-NY: Network of Arab-American Professionals, NY
Salaam Club of New York
Arab and Arab-American Media
Aramica
Cedar News
Dandana TV
Al Jadid Magazine
Arab American Affairs
Arab Radio and Television Network
Art TV
Aramica
Cedar News
Dandana TV
Al Jadid Magazine
Arab American Affairs
Arab Radio and Television Network
Art TV
Books and Articles related to Arab Music, Dance and Culture
Abraham, Sameer Y. and Nabeel Abraham. Arabs in the New World: Studies on Arab-
American Communities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, Urban Studies Center,
1983.
AlZayer, Penni. Middle Eastern Dance. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.
Boosahda, Elizabeth. Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant
Community. University of Texas Press, 2003.
Danielson, Virginia. The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian
Society in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Dardashti, Galeet. “The Work of Her Hands, The Piyutt Craze: Popularization of Mizrahi
Religious Songs in the Israeli Public Sphere.” The Journal of Synagogue Music. Vol.
32. Cantors Assembly, Fall 2007.
Dodds, Jerrilynn. New York Masjid: The Mosques of New York City. Italy: Power House
Books, 2002.
Kapchan, Deborah. Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of
Tradition. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
Kapchan, Deborah. Traveling Spirit Masters: Moroccan Gnawa Trance and Music in the
Global Marketplace. Wesleyan, 2007.
Lornell, Kip and Anne Rasmussen. Musics of Multicultural America. New York: Schirmer
Books, 1997.
Naff, Aliza. Becoming American: Early Arab Immigrant Experience. Carbondale, IL: Southern
Illinois University Press, 1985.
Racy, A.J. Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Rasmussen, Anne. “‘An Evening in the Orient’: The Middle Eastern Nightclub in America.”
Asian Music, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Spring-Summer, 1992), pp. 63-88.
Shannon, Jonathan. Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria.
Wesleyan University Press, 2006.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Touma, Habib Hassan. The Music of the Arabs. Amadeus Press, 2003.
Abraham, Sameer Y. and Nabeel Abraham. Arabs in the New World: Studies on Arab-
American Communities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, Urban Studies Center,
1983.
AlZayer, Penni. Middle Eastern Dance. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.
Boosahda, Elizabeth. Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant
Community. University of Texas Press, 2003.
Danielson, Virginia. The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian
Society in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Dardashti, Galeet. “The Work of Her Hands, The Piyutt Craze: Popularization of Mizrahi
Religious Songs in the Israeli Public Sphere.” The Journal of Synagogue Music. Vol.
32. Cantors Assembly, Fall 2007.
Dodds, Jerrilynn. New York Masjid: The Mosques of New York City. Italy: Power House
Books, 2002.
Kapchan, Deborah. Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of
Tradition. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996.
Kapchan, Deborah. Traveling Spirit Masters: Moroccan Gnawa Trance and Music in the
Global Marketplace. Wesleyan, 2007.
Lornell, Kip and Anne Rasmussen. Musics of Multicultural America. New York: Schirmer
Books, 1997.
Naff, Aliza. Becoming American: Early Arab Immigrant Experience. Carbondale, IL: Southern
Illinois University Press, 1985.
Racy, A.J. Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Rasmussen, Anne. “‘An Evening in the Orient’: The Middle Eastern Nightclub in America.”
Asian Music, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Spring-Summer, 1992), pp. 63-88.
Shannon, Jonathan. Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria.
Wesleyan University Press, 2006.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Touma, Habib Hassan. The Music of the Arabs. Amadeus Press, 2003.
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