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The Iftar included several entertainment performances, such as a 'hakawati' - a traditional Arab storyteller - and variety of entertaining sketches.
AME Info Latest News 2008
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Indeed, "hakawati," the Lebanese word for storyteller, is derived from the Lebanese word "haki," which means talk or conversation.
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Indeed, "hakawati," the Lebanese word for storyteller, is derived from the Lebanese word "haki," which means talk or conversation.
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The revival of 'hakawati' 'or storytelling' will be at the heart of Abu Dhabi Festival's community programme this spring.
WN.com - Articles related to Murdoch's 'Trojan horse' threatens Arab cultural heritage 2010
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The revival of 'hakawati' 'or storytelling' will be at the heart of Abu Dhabi Festival's community programme this spring.
WN.com - Articles related to Murdoch's 'Trojan horse' threatens Arab cultural heritage 2010
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The revival of 'hakawati' 'or storytelling' will be at the heart of Abu Dhabi Festival's community programme this spring.
WN.com - Articles related to Murdoch's 'Trojan horse' threatens Arab cultural heritage 2010
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The revival of 'hakawati' 'or storytelling' will be at the heart of Abu Dhabi Festival's community programme this spring.
WN.com - Articles related to Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive 2010
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They could watch movies, chase prostitutes, join in demonstrations, sell their tomatoes, buy used books, or listen to a hakawati, a traditional storyteller.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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They could watch movies, chase prostitutes, join in demonstrations, sell their tomatoes, buy used books, or listen to a hakawati, a traditional storyteller.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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So, no, I didn't talk to a hakawati or hear one perform, not a professional.
A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati 2010
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As a war-survivor and child refugee sharing endangered and discredited ancestral knowledge of the Global South, particularly tales from Lebanon from 1948 to 2023—the book follows the tradition of the hakawati, the storytellers of the Levant, holding Indigenous knowledge and wisdom, Céline Semaan, a hakawati herself, documents what she has witnessed throughout her life and the lives of her family members, sharing her upbringing and cultures of resistance.
A Woman is a School 2024
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