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"Through case studies in the city of Herat (western Afghanistan), the remote provincial capital Faizabad (northeastern Afghanistan), and the village of Khadir (central Afghanistan), Sakata discusses traditional Islamic concepts of music and musician and interprets modern attitudes towards them both. She pays particular attention to the term ""musiqi"" (which can be generally translated as ""secular music"") and how misinterpretations of this construct may be the root of Western misunderstandings about music and musicians in Muslim societies."

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"""Her book is an important contribution to the study of art and artists in society, which should prove stimulating to students of the Middle East with no particular interest in music, and to ethnomusicologists with no particular interest in the Middle East. For specialists in the music of the Middle East and Central Asia, Music in the Mind is indispensable."" International Journal of Middle East Studies ""This is an unpretentious yet extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of traditional music in Afghanistan. It may well be the last important study of Afghani music for some time."" Choice"

Her book is an important contribution to the study of art and artists in society, which should prove stimulating to students of the Middle East with no particular interest in music, and to ethnomusicologists with no particular interest in the Middle East. For specialists in the music of the Middle East and Central Asia, Music in the Mind is indispensable. International Journal of Middle East Studies This is an unpretentious yet extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of traditional music in Afghanistan. It may well be the last important study of Afghani music for some time. Choice

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Hiromi Lorraine Sakata is professor of ethnomusicology, School of the Arts and Architecture at University of California, Los Angeles.

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