Music, Literature, Dance and Fashion
The Arab and Ottoman recognition of the need for sweeping social, political and economic reform led to significant developments in music, literature, dance and fashion.
About the Exhibition
Music
Overview
Musical instruments of the Arab and Ottoman world
Composers and musicians of the Arab and Ottoman world
Music venues in 19th-century Egypt, the Ottoman Empire and Tunisia
Arab and Ottoman themes in European music
Literature
Overview
al-Nahdha and Tanzimat, the 19th-century winds of change
Journalism in the Arab and Ottoman lands
Poetry in the Arab and Ottoman world, from neoclassicism to romanticism
Folk tales and story-telling in Arab and Ottoman lands
From rationalism to European romanticism, the first half of the 19th century
The East in the works of women writers of the 19th century
Religious festivals, theatre and drama in Arab and Ottoman lands
Orientalism in the West and in the East
Dance and entertainment
Fashion
Music 
Overview
Musical instruments of the Arab and Ottoman world
Composers and musicians of the Arab and Ottoman world
Music venues in 19th-century Egypt, the Ottoman Empire and Tunisia
Arab and Ottoman themes in European music
Literature
Overview
al-Nahdha and Tanzimat, the 19th-century winds of change
Journalism in the Arab and Ottoman lands
Poetry in the Arab and Ottoman world, from neoclassicism to romanticism
Folk tales and story-telling in Arab and Ottoman lands
From rationalism to European romanticism, the first half of the 19th century
The East in the works of women writers of the 19th century
Religious festivals, theatre and drama in Arab and Ottoman lands
Orientalism in the West and in the East 
