 First edition (Hebrew) | |
| Author | Sayed Kashua |
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| Original title | ערבים רוקדים / Aravim Rokdim |
| Translator | Miriam Shlesinger |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
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| Pages |
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| ISBN | 0802141269 |
Dancing Arabs is the 2002 debut novel by the Palestinian writer Sayed Kashua.
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In 2014 the novel had been adapted into a movie by Israeli director Eran Riklis, and Kashua wrote the screenplay.
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