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Documentaries About Middle Eastern Music

These are arranged alphabetically according to the titles of the videos.

Poll Only?	Full Review?	Cover Image	Producer or Director	Title	Comments
X			Fatih Akin	Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
X			Smithsonian Folkways	JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance, Middle East and Africa I, Volume 16, Turkey / Iran / Iraq / Lebanon / Qatar
	X		Smithsonian Folkways	JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance, Middle East and Africa II, Volume 17, Egypt / Tunisia / Morocco / Mali / Cameroon / Zaire / Tanzania
X			Smithsonian Folkways	JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance, Middle East and Africa III, Volume 18, Chad / Cameroon
X			Smithsonian Folkways	JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance, Middle East and Africa IV, Volume 19, Ivory Coast / Botswana / Republic of South Africa
X			Tony Gatlif	Latcho Drom
X			EMI Arabia	Life Story of Fairouz
	X		State University of New York in Binghampton	Music of the Middle East
X			Jeremy Marre	Romany Trail, Part 1: Gypsy Music Into Africa
X			Jeremy Marre	Romany Trail, Part 2: Gypsy Music Into Europe
X			Michal Goldman	Umm Kulthum - A Voice Like Egypt
X			Jack Janssen	We Loved Each Other So Much

Music Interpretation in Dance

These videos are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the instructor's first name.

Poll Only?	Full Review?	Cover Image	Producer	Title	Comments
	X		Keti Sharif	Bellydance Live, Part 1 - Introduction to Music & Rhythms	Ideas for dancing to improvised instrumental music
	X		Leyla Lanty	Habibi, You Are My WHAT?! Leyla Lanty's Essential Arabic for Dancers - Volume 1	Recognizing frequently-used words in songs and interpreting them with gesture

Learning Rhythms

These videos are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the instructor's first name.

Poll Only?	Full Review?	Cover Image	Producer	Title	Comments
X			Amir Naoum Chehade	Doumbek Technique & Rhythms
X			Hadia	Volume 3, Oriental Rhythms
	X		Keti Sharif	Bellydance Live, Part 1 - Introduction to Music & Rhythms
	X		Uncle Mafufo	Basic Rhythms for Arabic Drum, Volume 1 (Revised Edition)

Playing An Instrument

These videos are arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the instructor's first name.

Poll Only?	Full Review?	Cover Image	Instructor	Title	Comments
X			Amir Naoum Chehade	Doumbek Technique & Rhythms
	X		Uncle Mafufo	Basic Rhythms for Arabic Drum, Volume 1 (Revised Edition)
	X		Uncle Mafufo	Riqs and Defs: A Practical Approach

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