The Cambridge Companion To Modern Arab Culture

Dwight Reynolds is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara and alongside expertise in this area has a keen interest in the oral and musical traditions of the Middle East. Reynolds’s research interests are diverse, but his enduring fascination with the Arab world means it is hard to think of another scholar better qualified to draw together the many and varied historical threads that make up the tapestry of Arab culture.

Within the Companion, 16 authors contribute articles from their own specialisms that provide the reader with fascinating insights into the intellectual...