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Documentaries on Middle Eastern Music

These are arranged alphabetically by video title.

Poll Only?	Full Review?	Cover Image	Producer	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	Added October 17, 2009.
	X		State University of New York in Binghampton	Music of the Middle East
X			Michal Goldman	Umm Kulthum - A Voice Like Egypt
X			Jack Janssen	We Loved Each Other So Much	Added October 17, 2009. About the Lebanese people's love for the singer Feiruz.

Musical Interpretation for Dancers

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	Added October 12, 2009. Recognizing frequently-used words in songs and interpreting them with gesture

Learning Middle Eastern Rhythms

These are arranged alphabetically by the first word in the instructor's name. This is done because some instructors don't use a surname.

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)

Instruction Playing an Instrument

Note: there are no finger cymbal videos in this section because so far I haven't found any finger cymbal videos that teach dancers how to treat their finger cymbals as a musical instrument.

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