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Sto caricando le informazioni... Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948di Wasif Jawhariyyeh
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book was a true joy to read. There is very little archive material of Palestinian life at the end of the Ottoman Empire because of the loss of Palestinian cultural property during the 1948 ethnic cleansing and dispossession of Palestine. Jawhariyyeh's memoirs bring that period and the British mandate to life, depicting a cosmopolitan Jerusalem where musicians throughout the Arab world would come and exchange ideas. It's impossible to imagine this happening in Jerusalem today. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Arabic music, Jerusalem, and pre-1948 history of Palestine. There are insightful essays by Salim Tamari and Rachel Beckles Wilson. I only wish it had an index. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh are a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, they cover a period of enormous and turbulent change in Jerusalem's history, but change lived and recalled from the daily vantage point of the street storyteller. Oud player, music lover and ethnographer, poet, collector, partygoer, satirist, civil servant, local historian, devoted son, husband, father, and person of faith, Wasif viewed the life of his city through multiple roles and lenses. The result is a vibrant, unpredictable, sprawling collection of anecdotes, observations, and yearnings as varied as the city itself. Reflecting the times of Ottoman rule, the British mandate, and the run-up to the founding of the state of Israel, The Storyteller of Jerusalem offers intimate glimpses of people and events, and of forces promoting confined, divisive ethnic and sectarian identities. Yet, through his passionate immersion in the life of the city, Wasif reveals the communitarian ethos that runs so powerfully through Jerusalem's past. And that offers perhaps the best hope for its future. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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