music

Question 1

shaabi

Answer 1

= folk / of the common people

(“sha-a-bee”)

شعبي

describes ‘rural’ working class music, historically seen with disdain by classical upholding elites in beirut, baghdad, cairo, damascus, aleppo

can also describe street food

Question 2

dabka / dabkeh

Answer 2

levantine rhythmic stomping dance

dabka = دبكة (feminine marker)

دبكه
(ha)