Arabic collection. "This edition is published by arrangement with ABC-CLIO"-- T.p. verso. "An earlier version of this book was published as Pop culture Arab world!: media, arts, and lifestyle in 2004 by ABC-CLIO."--T.p. verso.

Culture and politics in the Arab world today -- The Arabic language : the key to Arab identity -- Popular religion : where 1001 Islams converge -- Arab consumer culture : the packaging of people and places -- Arab cinema and the dream of modernization -- From Umm Kalthum to Arabpop -- The belly dance : a reinvented Arab groove -- Television : from media mobilization to satellite revolution -- The trials and tribulations of the Arabic press -- Arab theater : the struggle for high culture.