Aweeha - A Play

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Sighting: Near the Maqata'a - Ramallah, Palestine - June, 2012Al-Seerah Theatre presents

AweehaA play
written and directed by Radi D. Shehadeh Curator's note: "Aweeha" is a sound, not a word or verb. It is usually articulated in a loud, sing-song way as the beginning of the traditional Arab "mawwal" (موال ) which are short poems popular at festive occasions such as weddings

An example of one popular mawwal:

Aweeeeeha! (verse sung out loud by a group of women in Arabic) And the bride is so beautiful
Aweeeeeha! (chorus) And her groom is the son of a good family
Courtesy of Amal A.