In what ways have you come across music from another country in your everyday life: TV, movies, popular songs off of the radio, etc.? Music from...

Movies made after 2001
often use Islamic and middle-eastern music to both punctuate and define the setting of the film.
Sometimes this is used simpy to create an idea of cultural exchange or "cultural
globalism". Sometimes it's to give a viewer a glimpse into the cultural life of non-western
communities.