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Dancing Arabs

Dancing Arabs

20146.41h 44m

Overview

A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.

Directed by Eran Riklis
Written by Sayed Kashua
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Top Cast

Tawfeek Barhom

Tawfeek Barhom

Eyad

Ali Suliman

Ali Suliman

Salah

Yaël Abecassis

Yaël Abecassis

Edna

Laëtitia Eïdo

Laëtitia Eïdo

Fahima

Norman Issa

Norman Issa

Jamal

R

Razi Gabareen

Young Eyad

D

Daniel Kitsis

Naomi

Michael Moshonov

Michael Moshonov

Yonatan

Loai Nofi

Loai Nofi

Wajdi

N

Nitay Dagan

Student

Themes & Keywords

palestinian-israeli conflictlovebest friend

About Dancing Arabs

Dancing Arabs is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of palestinian-israeli conflict, love, best friend. Directed by Eran Riklis, it stars Tawfeek Barhom, Ali Suliman, Yaël Abecassis. A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.

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