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Israel: IDF Poetry Slam Between Druze, Bedouin Soldiers

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Israel, Arts & Culture, Ethnicity & Race, Indigenous, International Relations, Language, Music

Picture this: Druze and Bedouin Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers sitting in a room singing call and response poetry to each other in the ancient Arabic style of Zajal. The video and background information can be found at Nizo's Blog [1], subtitled “A Gay Palestinian Muses on the Missile East.”