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Zajal

الزجل

Colloquial poetry, often improvised, recited before an audience. After the Nakba, the zajal of poets such as Youssef al-Hassoun, Abu Sa‘id al-Hittini and Mohammad Abu al-Su‘oud al-Assadi spread throughout Palestine and, being oral, escaped Israeli military censorship, helping to keep Arab identity alive; later zajal poets such as Abu Arab and Rajeh al-Salfiti kept the cause alive at political, social and cultural gatherings.

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  1. Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity ↗

    PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: The article

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HeritageZajal is practised in PlaceSalfit

Role: Rajeh al-Salfiti, a zajal poet, sang at weddings in Salfit and its villages

Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question).

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  1. Rajeh al-Salfiti ↗

    PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “…his fame spread so widely that his fellow villagers started saying, “A wedding in Salfit isn’t a proper party without Rajeh.””

    Evidence version: palquest-rajeh-al-salfiti-biography:v1

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