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Al Nujoom Troupe. Photo: by Jeff BermanAl Nujoom Troupe
Al Nujoom Troupe. Photo: by Jeff Berman
Al Nujoom is a New Jersey-based Palestinian folkloric debkah troupe founded in 2005 and led by Ramzi Zdouq, who has called Paterson his home for nearly 3 years. Many of Nujoom’s members are originally from the same village near Ramallah, and trained in their school-based debkah troupe before migrating to the Garden State. Nujoom’s debkah is Palestinian in style and intimately related to the music; the group often has music produced for their dances in the Middle East. Typically the leader (lawiH) of the debkah line calls out steps and patterns such as leffe or wahed ou-nus that correspond exactly to the song style, feeling and distinct parts of each debkah.
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