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It may be an eye-opener to first-timers in the Middle East - those who envision Arab women as Hollywood’s depiction of them in burqas and abayas - to find out that all Arabs are not cut from...read more

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The Jazz era is subdivided in chronological periods-- Jazz Roots, Swing Era, and Cool Jazz and Hard Bop--this website provides a social and cultural context for the development and production of...read more