With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion
pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist
of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse
backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades.
In this book, Dima Issa explores the role of Fairouz's music in
creating a sense of Arab identity amidst changing political,
economic context. Based on two years of research including 60
interviews, it takes an ethnographic approach, focussing on
audience reception of Fairouz's music among the Arab diasporas of
London and Doha. It shows that for discussants, talking about
Fairouz meant discussing diasporic life, bringing to the surface
notions of Arabness and authenticity, presence and absence,
naturalization and citizenship, and the issue of gender.
Conversations with the research respondents shed light on the idea
of iltizam (commitment), or how members of the Arab diaspora hold
on to attributes that they feel define and differentiate them from
others.
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