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Performing Arts
Breakdancing lifts spirits in Gaza
Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera, Sep 10, 2009

Many in Gaza are still coming to terms with the 22-day war waged by Israel earlier this year. But one group is trying to lift the blues - by setting up a breakdancing club. The style originates from New York in the 1970s - and now it's being exported all over Gaza. Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza.






© 2009 Al Jazeera

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