Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East

Ideal for students and general readers this single-volume work serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in countries in North Africa and the Middle East covering subjects ranging from the latest young adult book craze in Egypt to the hottest movies in Saudi Arabia.Part of the new Pop Culture around the World series this volume focuses on countries in North Africa and the Middle East including Algeria Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Saudi Arabia Syria the United Arab Emirates and more. The book enables students to examine the stars idols and fads of other countries and provides them with an understanding of the globalization of pop culture.An introduction provides readers with important contextual information about pop culture in North Africa and the Middle East such as how the United States has influenced movies music and the Internet; how Islamic traditions may clash with certain aspects of pop culture; and how pop culture has come to be over the years. Readers will learn about a breadth of topics including music contemporary literature movies television and radio the Internet sports video games and fashion. There are also entries examining topics like key musicians songs books actors and actresses movies and television shows popular websites top athletes games and clothing fads and designers allowing readers to gain a broad understanding of each topic supported by specific examples. An ideal resource for students the book provides Further Readings at the end of each entry; sidebars that appear throughout the text providing additional anecdotal information; appendices of Top Tens that look at the top-10 songs movies books and much more in the region; and a bibliography.