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“I knew I wanted the song to tell a story ... a choreographer from the Al Fanoon group in Palestine's West Bank, who I consider the best dabke dance group in the world." ...

As the Palestinian identity continues to be threatened with violent erasure, young Palestinians turn to their folk dance, the dabke, to assert their existence. From its humble beginnings as a ...