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2. Arab folk dances - Wikipedia

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   Arab folk dances (Arabic: رقص عربي, romanized: raqs ʿarabiyy), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including the three main types of folklore, classical, and contemporary.

3. Raqs sharqi - Wikipedia

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   Raqs sharqi performance on a tourist Nile cruise ship in Cairo in 2007 Raqs sharqi ( Arabic : رقص شرقي , [ˈɾɑʔsˤ ˈʃæɾʔi] ; literally "oriental dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century.

4. Library of Arabic Literature - Wikipedia

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   As of 2024, the Library of Arabic Literature has published more than fifty bilingual hardcover edition-translations and more than forty English-only paperbacks. [8] Arabic-only PDFs are also available for download from the website for free. All books are published in all three formats unless otherwise noted.

5. Hacha'a - Wikipedia

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   Hacha'a poetry, also known as Tajleebah, from Arabic تجليبة which means bringing back, is about bringing back emotional things like memories, a lost love, mending a broken heart, and so on. [1] Hacha'a poetry is sung in the Hacha'a mode, and describes the suffering of love. The audience hand-claps and interjects verbally with "hacha'a ...

6. Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti - Wikipedia

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   A 13th-century book illustration produced in Baghdad by al-Wasiti showing a slave-market in the town of Zabid in Yemen. Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti (Arabic: يحيى بن محمود الواسطي) was a 13th-century Iraqi-Arab [1] [2] [3] painter and calligrapher, noted for being the scribe and illustrator of al-Hariri's Maqamat dated 1237 CE (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Arabe 5847).

7. Badlah - Wikipedia

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   The word bedlah is Arabic for "suit". In the world of belly dance and raqs sharqi the term bedlah refers simply to the costume that a dancer wears. Most commonly it is used to refer to the matched set of bra and belt that cabaret dancers use, but technically it encompasses all parts of the dancer's costume as well, such as the jewelry, headband ...

8. Saadi Youssef - Wikipedia

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   Saadi Youssef studied Arabic literature in Baghdad. [2] He was influenced by the free verse of Shathel Taqa and Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati and was also involved in politics from an early age. At that time, his work was heavily influenced by his socialist and pan-Arab sympathies but has since also taken a more introspective, lyrical turn.

9. Aziz Ahmad (writer) - Wikipedia

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   Aziz Ahmad (11 November 1914 in Hyderabad, India – 16 December 1978 in Toronto, Canada) was a Pakistani-Canadian academic who worked as a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Toronto and is best known for his work in Islamic history with a focus on South Asia.