Category: Middle East
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Reunion In Rome
In November of 2021 Syrian dancer Karmel Suliman was reunited with his friend and fellow artist Ahmad Joudeh after the devastating war in their home country tore them apart. In this interview discover how Karmel moved from Syria to Rome to follow his passion and how he hopes to one-day…
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EP0028 AHMAD JOUDEH | SYRIA
Meet Ahmad Joudeh, borne a stateless refugee from Syria he came to the Netherlands after the incredible documentary Dance Or Die. Watch this astonishing in depth interview, where he shares how he was born in a refugee camp, was stateless for 30 years, but loved dance and escaped problems by…
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EP0027 JANINE YOUNES | LEBANON
Meet Janine Younes who had to leave her native Lebanon because of the situation in the Middle-East and came to Amsterdam. She gave us an insight into Ballet in Lebanon, the first ballet school founded by one of her teachers and how she herself discovered ballet only at the age…
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EP0012 CLAIRE BAYLISS NAGAR | ISRAEL
Casey Herd talks to Claire Bayliss Nagar, the artistic director of Ballet Israel.