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Palestine embodied: teens from Dheisheh refugee camp dance their experience.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-DEC-03
Format: Online - approximately 742 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Palestine embodied: teens from Dheisheh refugee camp dance their experience.(members of Palestinian dance troupe IBDAA visit United States as part of cultural exchange program)

Article Excerpt
S. SMITH PATRICK'S AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY, THE CHILDREN OF IBDAA: TO CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, IS THE STORY OF A TEEN DANCE TROUPE WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP.

IN ARABIC, "ibdaa" means "to create something out of nothing." It's an apt term for the troupe of teenae Palestinian dancers of the Dheisheh Refugee Camp, which toured sixteen U.S. cities this summer. The camp, near Bethlehem on Israel's West Bank, houses 11,000 people in less than half a square kilometer, and there's very little for youngsters to do. An Israel-imposed curfew often prevents them from attending school.

The Ibdaa Cultural Center, build in...

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