Review for 13 Feb 2020 quiz

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Be sure to come with a pencil and eraser. The quiz is "closed book". You may not use any notes, books, articles, or electronic devices. Please be sure to arrive before 6:30. The quiz will last 45 minutes, 6:30 to 7:15.


Respond to the following:

  • Someone says to you: "Ahlan wa sahlan!"
  • You say: "_______________"


Geography: navigating the MENA region!

Imagine that you are driving an off-road vehicle with plenty of gasoline and food. Starting in Casablanca, you want to drive all the way to Tehran (don’t worry about visas, or where roads go, or political problems between countries - you can take any land route as long as you stay on the ground!). You also want to visit certain cities along the way.

List the countries you’ll pass through during your journey. List them in order, giving the principal language for each in parentheses. Here are the cities you’ll be visiting on your trip (I will provide this list on the quiz).

  • Casablanca (start)
  • Algiers
  • Tunis
  • Tripoli
  • Cairo
  • Jerusalem
  • Amman
  • Damascus
  • Beirut
  • Istanbul
  • Baghdad
  • Tehran (end)

Quick identifications. Define terms in a single phrase (you may use notation for the rhythms. They all come from class presentations or readings. If you don’t have notes from class, check online resources from http://bit.ly/mename: for the durub see http://bit.ly/durub. Also see http://maqamworld.com for names of instruments, maqamat, and durub)

I’ll select just a few from this list, but be sure you can identify them all.

  • maqam (plural maqamat)
  • darb (plural durub)
  • iqaʿ (plural iqaʿat)
  • dum and tek
  • samaʿi thaqil
  • wahda
  • maqsum
  • masmudi
  • saʿidi
  • bamb
  • malfuf
  • ayub
  • samaʿi thaqil
  • taqsim (plural taqasim)
  • mutrib
  • mawwal
  • layali
  • takht
  • oud (or ʿud)
  • nay
  • kamanja (Arabic violin)
  • qanun
  • riqq
  • tabla (darabuka or dumbek)
  • daff (or duff)
  • sagat (or zil)
  • dulab
  • tarab
  • shughl
  • asalah
  • tatwir
  • shaʿbi
  • qafla (plural qaflat)
  • waslah

Short bios: Identify these musicians (2-3 sentences each - just basic information). I’ll select just one or two for the quiz.

  • Fairouz
  • Umm Kulthum
  • Mohamed Abdel Wahab
  • Abdel Halim Hafez
  • Farid al-Atrash

Longer answers (2-3 paragraphs each):

  • What is music of the Middle East and North Africa? Discuss three factors (including religion) underlying the continuity, unity, and diversity of music in this large region.
  • Compare the music, and music's cinematic usage, within the two films we watched, “Bayyaʾ al-Khawatim”, and “Abi fawq al-shajara”.