Digital Bibliography
Related Websites
"Palestinian Wedding." HBL. 2000. This is a small website detailing the traditions involved in Palestinian village weddings through a description of a particular embroidered wedding tapestry. The rest of the website also provides information on Palestinian embroidery and cross-stitch. http://palestinianembroider.tripod.com/wedding.htm
"Debka Dancing Jordan". Youtube. April 21, 2007 Debka at a wedding in Jordan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM66OidGcUA
"Debka Baby Falestinia." Daily Motion. October 11, 2007. Funny (perhaps a little creepy) video of babies dancing debka. http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/culture+dance+humour/video/x36obu_dabka-baby-falestinia
"debka debke debcha palestine dance: 2007 taught by Shatha." Youtube. February 26, 2007. Debke Troupe in the US performs at a High School. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNXyGGtDB3I
"Debka at Armaan's Wedding." Youtube. May 29, 2006. Men's Debke at a wedding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp3CQQM2jdA&feature=related
"Debka Yaba Yaba Leh." Youtube. May 24, 2006. Dance Troupe performs Lebanese Debke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixuGsLygrZw&feature=related
"Murad and Manale's Wedding Bateen Dabkah." Youtube. June 04,2007 Wedding Debka performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5JmroFD-Wc&feature=related
"Palestinian Dabkeh In Pakistan New Dabkeh دبكة فلسطينية" Youtube. April 21, 2007. Palestinian Debka troupe performs in Palestine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGtzXg8Qic&feature=related
Beit Hanina Wedding Debka. Beirthanina.org. n.d. Various wedding videos of Palestinian weddings with debka and dancing: http://www.beithanina.org/english/main/wedding2007/wedding_videos.html
"Odetalla's Zaffa Wedding Horse" Youtube. 2007. Zaffa and Dabka in Palestinian village El Bireh http://video.aol.com/video-detail/odetallas-zaffa/2984200742
"palestinian kids performing debka" Youtube. July 07, 2007 Children perform Palestinian Debka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC5rE75TwZ8
"Lebanese Debka by 3 year old! ADORABLE! PART 2" Youtube. May 8, 2007. 3 year old attempts Debka at home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPl_v5_iuKM
"Palestinian Dabke" Youtube. September 05, 2007 Palestinian village wedding dabke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfgwxIzC_4&feature=related
"زفة العرس الجماعي 2" Youtube. Spetember 29, 2007 Palestinian village zaffa and 'arees debka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnvmaILKnU&feature=related
"Dabke's Greatest Hits #3" Youtube. June 11, 2007. Great wedding Debka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs2Ou7rQek8&feature=related
"DABKE LEBNANEYE!!! Compilation.." Youtube. June 22, 2007. Rooftop Debke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfqNfQcCuM4&NR=1
"Village wedding." Youtube. September 10,2007. Palestinian Village Wedding Debke by Shabbab: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4waa6zF1kDE
"Palestinian Wedding Debka" Youtube. March 21, 2007. Palestinian Wedding in Jenin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vQVnZo7_0
The Ottomans. Lucky Eye- The Ottomans.Org. 2002. A compilation of period information on the Ottoman empire. http://www.theottomans.org/english/index.asp
Print Resources
Barghouti, O. (October 1, 2006). “Palestinian dance education under occupation: Need or fill?”. Retrieved on October 6, 2007 from: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5803.shtml
Bates, D. G., & Rassam, A. (2001). Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Cainkar, L. (2005). “Space and place in the metropolis: Arabs and Muslims seeking safety.” City and Society, 17(2), 181-209.
Fisk, Robert. 2007. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. New York: Vintage Books. This is a thorough history of the Middle East and western involvement in the region from the Ottoman empire, through colonization and modernity, to contemporary times.
House of Palestine. (?) “Palestinian culture.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from http://www.houseofpalestine.org/HOP/culture.asp
Ibrahim, L. (July, 18, 2006). “Across the U.S., Al Raja dances for Palestine.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from: http://imeu.net/news/article002192.shtml.
Kaufman, A. (1951). “Indigenious and imported elements in the new folk dance in Israel.” Journal of the International Folk Music Council, 3, 55-57.
Kaschl, E. (2002). “Performing the nation. Between Israel and Palestine: Discourses of gender, tradition, and cultural authenticity. Berne: University of Berne, unpublished PhD thesis.
Kates, C. (June 25, 2005). “The children of the camps and the spirit of return.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from: http://newjerseysolidardity.org/alawda/july2005/alrowwad.shtml.
Kawar, W. K., (1980). “The traditional Palestinian costume.” Journal of Palestine Studies, 10(1), 118-129.
Loya, A. (1974). “The detribalization of Arabic poetry.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 5(2), 202-215.
Malouf, G., Malouf, G., & Evans, C. (2004). Lonely Planet: Syria & Lebanon. New York: Lonely Planet.
Mansour, S. (2002). “A week in Jenin: Assessing mental health needs amid the ruins.” Journal of Palestine Studies, 31(4), 35-43.
Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
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Palestinian Embroidery ( ). “Palestinian wedding.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from http://palestinianembroider.tripod.com/wedding.html
Rasmussen, A. (1992). “ “An Evening in the Orient”: The Middle Eastern nightclub in America.” Asian Music, 23(2), 63-88.
Rubio, A. A. (2003). “Flash review 8-7: Refugees liberating dance from Palestinian troupe.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from: http://www.danceinsider.com/f2003/f0807_1.html.
Rossetti, E. (2007). “Lost treasures: Art historian documents missing Iraqi art.” North Texan. Fall.
Sa’di, A. H., & Abu-Lughod, L. (Eds.) (2007). Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory. New York: Columbia University Press.
Sandman Holmes, M. (1980). “Israeli folk dance: A resource for music educators.” Music Educators Journal, 67(2), 36-39.
Santiago, C. (2003). “Palestine embodied: Teens from Dheisheh Refugee Camp dance their experience.” Dance Magazine, December?.
Shay, A. & Sellers-Young, B. (2003). “Belly Dance: Orientalism- Exoticim- Self-Exoticism.” Dance Research Journal, 35(1), 13-37.
Shipler, D. K. (2002). Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books Ltd.
Stern, Y. (July 23, 2007). “Israeli Arab smash world record for largest ‘Debke’ folk dance.” Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/885145/html
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Van Aken, M. (2006). “Dancing belonging: Contesting debkeh in the Jordan Valley, Jordan.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 32(2), 203-222.
Wishah Popular Dance Troupe. ( ). Retrieved on October 06, 2007 from: http://wishahtroupe.org/index_news.html
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