Zajal, an old form of improvised Arabic poetry that enjoyed its heyday in Lebanon before the 1975-1990 civil war, is making a tentative comeback with thousands of fans on Facebook and YouTube.
Renowned Lebanese Zajalist Imad Chaeib takes you to Charqiyeh, his hometown at the South of Lebanon and introduces you to Zajal. “Zajal is the true folklore of Lebanon… it is a culture, an imagination ...
DUELLING poets will fight to the end while spreading the Arabic zajal word in a documentary to screen at Coburg Town Hall. Zajal — The Art of Poetic Duel tells of an Arabic culture very similar to ...
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