Dancing Arabs (novel)
| Author | Sayed Kashua |
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| Original title | ערבים רוקדים / Aravim Rokdim |
| Translator | Miriam Shlesinger |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
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Dancing Arabs is the 2002 debut novel by the Arab Israeli writer Sayed Kashua.
The novel tells the story of Eyad, an Israeli Arab teenager from Tira who is admitted to an elite school in Jerusalem. The novel explores his difficulties, divided between the proud for his Palestinian identity and the desire to be a part of israeli society.
In 2014 the novel had been adapted into a movie by israeli director Eran Riklis, and Kashua wrote the screenplay.
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