ʿArūbī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" ʿArūbī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Elsner, Jürgen

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1063114
Doc. NO	:	ALei3511
Main Entry	:	Elsner, Jürgen
Title & Author	:	ʿArūbī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Elsner, Jürgen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,452 words)
Abstract	:	ʿArūbī (Algerian: ʿarbī / ʿarūbī / ʿurūbī; Moroccan: ʿrūbi / ʿrōbi; Tunisian: ʿurūbī; French: aroubi) is a general designation for a popular urban genre of music in the countries of northwest Africa (i.e., Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). Originally, these were brief compositions in the so-called “Malḥūn Maghrebi,” a regional dialect of Arabic used in poetry that exhibits a certain Bedouin character and that is intended to be sung. According to El-Boudali Safir, the roots of ʿarūbī can be traced back to the late-seventeenth century (Safir, 15). “ʿArūbī” literally means “Bedouins,” “
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3511.pdf