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Arab girls dancing Khaleegy. Khaleegy (Arabic: خليجي) is a dance performed in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. [36] A long "Thawb" is worn which the dancer holds up in front. [37] There is a step with it, but the main feature is the hair tossing as the head swings from side to side.
Khaleegy' or Khaliji (from Arabic خليج) is a mixture of modern style and traditional folkloric dance from the Persian Gulf countries of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The name of the dance literally means "gulf" in Arabic and it is performed by women at weddings and other social events.
Dabke ( Arabic: دبكة also spelled dabka, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) [ 1] is a Levantine folk dance, [ 2][ 3] particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities. [ 4] Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions.
Names and terminology. "Belly dance" is a translation of the French term danse du ventre. The name first appeared in 1864 in a review of the Orientalist painting The Dance of the Almeh by Jean-Léon Gérôme. [ 13][ 14] The first known use of the term "belly dance" in English is found in Charles James Wills, In the land of the lion and sun: or ...
Raqs sharqi was developed by Taheyya Kariokka, Samia Gamal, Naima Akef, Zeinat Olwi, and other dancers who rose to fame during the golden years of the Egyptian film industry. This has come to be considered the classical style of dance in Egypt by the 1950s. These dancers were famous not only for their role in Egyptian films, but also for their ...
The Mayyas. The Mayyas ( Arabic: مَيّاس) are a Lebanese all-female alternative precision dance group. The company has 36 dancers, and their routines are choreographed by Nadim Cherfan. The group's name means "the proud walk of a lioness" in Arabic . In 2019, the Mayyas reached the semifinals of Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and took ...
Ardah ( Arabic: العرضة / ALA-LC: al-‘arḍah) is a type of folkloric group dance in the Arabian Peninsula, especially Saudi Arabia. It is also performed in other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council. The dance is performed with two rows of men opposite of one another, each of whom may or may not be wielding a sword or cane, and is ...
An important contributing factor to the violence exercised on women in the Arab world is the idea of ta’ah (obedience). It is a religio-cultural idea which suggests that women and men are equal before God, however, their responsibilities are not the same. In addition, ta’ah justifies men’s physical abuse over women.