Dancing Arabs
A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.
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Tawfeek Barhom
Eyad
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Ali Suliman
Salah
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Yaël Abecassis
Edna
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Laëtitia Eïdo
Fahima
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Norman Issa
Jamal
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Daniel Kitsis
Naomi
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Michael Moshonov
Yonatan
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Loai Nofi
Wajdi
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Fauda
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Nitay Dagan
Student
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Marlene Bajali
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Khalifa Natour
Bassem
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Eran Riklis Director · Sayed Kashua Writer Jonathan Riklis Composer
Worldwide gross $282K · First release July 10, 2014 · Produced in France, Israel, Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$281,540
Production
ZDF/Arte
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MACT Productions
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Alma Films
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United Channel Movies
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Heimatfilm
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Konken Studios
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Riva Film
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France · Israel · Germany
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Original title
ערבים רוקדים
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · German · Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · July 10, 2014
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
September 3, 2026 · TV · France 3 Corse via Stella
Germany
May 21, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
March 13, 2015 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 7, 2014 · Digital
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