Arabic Restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil.
Arabic food is mainstream. Lebanese Kibbe has been adopted by Brazilians as a typical Brazilian dish.
Arabic Dance
Dancing Away in Paraguay
Paraguay.
Arabic dancing is all over Latin America. It is considered an ethnic art form, even to be taught to children; not necessarily a erotic side show.
It has gone quite mainstream; and non-Arabs now join in.
SA Arab Dance Finals
This was a South American Arab Dance contest which took place is Porto Alegre, in Southern Brazil, in 2008. I think team from Argentina won.
The point is: This is a major cultural phenomenom in South America.
Dabke – Club Palestino
This is from the Club Palestino (Palestinian Club) in Santiago, Chile.
The club was founded in 1938 – apparently receiving some acknowledgement from the then British Mandatory – by way of the British Embassy in Chile – at the time. It is one of the more prestigious clubs in Chile
This is called Dabke de Beit Sahour. Beit Sahour is one of the 4 Christian towns (Bethlehem, Beit Shahour, Beit Jala, and Beit Safafa (now annexed into Jerusalem)) from which many of the Christian Palestinian in Chile are descended.
24 November, 2017 – Edited: Corrected a linl; added some info.