Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: Disentangling the Diva
• Chapter 1. A Child of Ma'ruf
• Chapter 2. To Quiet the Nightingale
• Chapter 3. The Triumph of Youth
• Chapter 4. Mission of War
• Chapter 5. Passion and Revenge from Jerusalem to the Road of Death
• Chapter 6. Asmahan's Musical Legacy
• Chapter 7. Culture, Politics, and Gender
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Sherifa Zuhur is Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.