Chapter Two: Staging Difference

supplementary media for Fraught Balance

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Clip 2.1b

Firqa al-ʿAsi at the 2008 Idlib Folk Festival. Video recorded by author.

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Damascus Arab Capital of Culture 2008 television promotion

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Firqa al-ʿAsi rabāb and vocals. Video recorded by author.

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excerpted from al-Ughaniyya al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Raqsat al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Dabkat al-Shaʿbiyya (“Traditional Songs and Traditional Dances and Traditional Dabkāt”)

Aleppo and Idlib dabke styles

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excerpted from al-Ughaniyya al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Raqsat al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Dabkat al-Shaʿbiyya (“Traditional Songs and Traditional Dances and Traditional Dabkāt”)

Hama and Raqqa dabke styles

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excerpted from al-Ughaniyya al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Raqsat al-Shaʿbiyya wa-l-Dabkat al-Shaʿbiyya (“Traditional Songs and Traditional Dances and Traditional Dabkāt”)

Hawran and Dalʿūna dabke styles

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