mastodon 4.7.3Research prof. (UCLA PhD - MIT, American Univ. In Cairo, CSU, UCB, SSI-US Army War College, Fulbright scholar, Syria) #MiddleEastNorthAfrican #history, #politics, #defense, #IslamicStudies, #arts, #thought, #education Toots on MENA current news.
Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt, published by the academic publisher McFarland & Company and written by ethnomusicologist and scholar Sherifa Zuhur, provides a comprehensive look into the evolution, social reality, and globalization of Egyptian performance arts. Based on decades of research, the book documents how music and dance serve as vital sites for political expression and social critique within modern Egyptian culture.
In the US. the book is listed with McFarland & Company, Inc.
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/popular-dance-and-music-in-modern-egypt/
Rest in Power Sliman Mansour (27 July 1947 - 24 August 2026, Palestine). @palestine@fedibird.com
Landmark ruling puts normal life in reach for child of Egyptian rape survivor #press
Bodybuilding coach Iman Al-Mughair, 33, has turned her displacement tent in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza, into a makeshift gym after Israeli forces destroyed her women-only gym in Rafah. @palestine@fedibird.com
https://x.com/the_newarab/status/2091435290594295867?s=46&t=uM8me4uwdP7D0z4nanVVuw
South Korea helps Egypt expand Russian-built nuclear plant #press
https://www.newarab.com/news/south-korea-helps-egypt-expand-russian-built-nuclear-plant
Moulid Al-Adra and Moulid Al-Nabi: Of candles, candies and layered relations #Egypt
#press
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/2/575042/Egypt/Society/Moulid-AlAdra-and-Moulid-AlNabi-Of-candles,-candie.aspx
What Will The West Do If #Mali Falls To Jihadists?
#press
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/jnim-attack-mali/
#Syria says it dismantled #Hezbollah-linked cell plotting assassinations
#press
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/6/syrian-authourities-dismantle-hezbollah-linked-cell-plotting-assassinations
Ohio scammers who posed as #UAE royalty to serve lengthy prison sentences
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2642569
Only 150 warnings for 3,500 strikes: The myth of systematic Israeli alerts in Lebanon #press
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1506270
2 US service members missing in southwestern #Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises
French shipping firm says container ship hit in Strait of #Hormuz, injuring crew
#press
https://arab.news/ghh6c
MENA News Highlights - 22 Aug. ‘26 - Zuhur News #355 on:
#Sudan #Morocco #Tunisia #Libya #Iraq #SaudiArabia #Kuwait #Pakistan #Turkiye #Palestine #Israel please subscribe - free or paid
https://www.patreon.com/posts/167408236?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
The rise, fall, and return of Bhamdoun #Lebanon
UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’
Four Libyan Women Writers You Should Read
#press
https://arablit.org/2026/08/26/four-libyan-women-writers-you-should-read/
#Yemen #Somalia From Spoke to Hub: The Houthis in Africa #Press
https://tcf.org/content/report/from-spoke-to-hub-the-houthis-in-africa/
Federal Court Strikes Down Trump’s Discriminatory 75-Country Visa Ban
#Syrian forces detain #Uzbek fighters in Idlib security sweep
#press
https://www.newarab.com/news/syrian-forces-detain-uzbek-fighters-idlib-security-sweep
#Lebanon’s Shadow Passports: Forgery, Proxy Networks, and the Collapse of Oversight
Lebanese influencer 'Dr Food' arrested in drugs case #press
US Treasury is targeting Banque Misr’s UAE operations in an effort to pressure Iran
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-set-limits-egyptian-bank-effort-pressure-iran
