Music as Desire

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The muwashshaḥ genre, from its medieval Andalusian origins to its many living regional traditions across the modern Arab Middle East, often depicts intimate, confined social spaces charged with erotic potential. Frequently set in gardens or private chambers, and peopled with drinking companions, cupbearers, musicians, and singers, muwashshaḥ poems are not simply “love songs”, but rather evocations of erotic and sexual yearning, heightened sensuality, reciprocal seduction, restrained sexualit...

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