How is the remainder of the chapter organized?
What will be an ideal response?
• clarification of terminology: the Middle East, the Arab world, and the Muslim world
• listening to a "call to prayer" with a discussion of the relationship between music, spirituality, and Islamic practice, and the surrounding history
• an interview with an Iraqi performer/composer and refugee in the U.S.
• music and history of the Western Arab world (maghrib): Jewish Sephardic music
• women's communal music-making in North African wedding rituals
• poetry in Arab culture: music and poetry and improvisation in both media
• the music of Israel and the Palestinian territories; listening to music that highlights the roots and routes of Arab music
• An example of "local" music that has gone "global": Ofra Haza, a Yemeni-Israeli singer (and also an example of music from the Arab Gulf/Arabian Peninsula)
Categories and Terminology: Middle East, Arab World, Muslim World
• Muslim World: "The religion of Islam is prominent throughout the Arab world and the Middle East; however, only about 20% of the world's Muslims (people of the Islamic religion) live in the Arab world, and the majority of Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia. In fact, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh have the largest Muslim populations."
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