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Preface Al-Masaq, Vol. 21, No. 2, August 2009 The articles in this volume of Al-Masaq are a representative selection of papers given at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds University, in July 2006, in a strand entitled Music across the Mediterranean: from Persia to al-Andalus, organised by Gerald Crowson. (One, by Chouki el-Hamel on Gnawa spiritual music, has already been published elsewhere: see ‘‘Constructing a Diasporic Identity: Tracing the Origins of Gnawa Spiritual Group in Morocco’’, Journal of African History,49 (2008): 241–260.) As will be seen, many of these contributions, despite the apparent variety of their topics, point to the need to examine sources afresh and dispassionately. Instead of following in the ruts of the ready-ploughed field of scholarship, all of these articles confront their subjects anew. Because many readers with musical interests will not necessarily recognise Arabic fractured plurals, terms such as azjal, kharajat and muwashshahat have been Anglicised as zajals and so forth. It is unusual to thank the publisher and editorial staff of Al-Masaq for their work, but it is a pleasure to make an exception. Due to several unforseen difficulties in bringing this issue together (not least my enforced inactivity on account of surgery), I would like http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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Al-Masaq, Vol. 21, No. 2, August 2009 The articles in this volume of Al-Masaq are a representative selection of papers given at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds University, in July 2006, in a strand entitled Music across the Mediterranean: from Persia to al-Andalus, organised by Gerald Crowson. (One, by Chouki el-Hamel on Gnawa spiritual music, has already been published elsewhere: see ‘‘Constructing a Diasporic Identity: Tracing the Origins of Gnawa Spiritual Group in...
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Al-Masaq, Vol. 21, No. 2, August 2009 The articles in this volume of Al-Masaq are a representative selection of papers given at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds University, in July 2006, in a strand entitled Music across the Mediterranean: from Persia to al-Andalus, organised by Gerald Crowson. (One, by Chouki el-Hamel on Gnawa spiritual music, has already been published elsewhere: see ‘‘Constructing a Diasporic Identity: Tracing the Origins of Gnawa Spiritual Group in Morocco’’, Journal of African History,49 (2008): 241–260.) As will be seen, many of these contributions, despite the apparent variety of their topics, point to the need to examine sources afresh and dispassionately. Instead of following in the ruts of the ready-ploughed field of scholarship, all of these articles confront their subjects anew. Because many readers with musical interests will not necessarily recognise Arabic fractured plurals, terms such as azjal, kharajat and muwashshahat have been Anglicised as zajals and so forth. It is unusual to thank the publisher and editorial staff of Al-Masaq for their work, but it is a pleasure to make an exception. Due to several unforseen difficulties in bringing this issue together (not least my enforced inactivity on account of surgery), I would like

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