Hisham Aidi

It is *really* hard to try and write a concise review of Rebel Music simply because there’s so much to talk about. So I'm not going to try, here on Goodreads. (If you want a more in-depth review, try my blog at https://equalopportunityreader.com/2020/05/08/rebel-music-race-empire-and-the-ne... In contrast to the polemics of a lot of popular writing about Islam, Aidi instead takes us on a cultural tour of music in and of the Muslim world. It’s a vast and intricate experience with lots of stops along the way.
Some of those stops–the US, the UK, France, Turkey and of course North Africa and the Middle East–are familiar and expected. Others–Poland, Belgium, Brazil–are full of surprises. All along the way Aidi interweaves threads of race, class, migration, politics and public discourse, but the focus always tilts back towards how that has shaped music and what the meaning of “cool” has been in Islamic culture in different places over time.
It's a deep, intense, world-spanning read written by a true expert and I highly recommend it.

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