This week in our online class we’re going to travel to Lebanon, which has long been one of the most open-minded, forward-looking countries in the region. We’ll learn a little about always-progressive Lebanese music and tout the capital, Beirut, as “the Paris of the Middle East.” In class we probably won’t mention the sad story of Lebanon’s fifteen year Civil War during which so many groups fought so many others, tracing the origins of their disagreements back and back and back, some of them over a thousand years….though if you want to learn more, to try to make some sense of it ourselves we waded through it on the All Around This World website. But in class…songs, more songs, and DABKE!
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site and are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our curriculum offerings and how to become one of our teachers. That said, if you were on ExploreEverywhere, you clicked to find more information about a song or lesson, and landed here, you’re in the right place! Some links may be broken and a detail or two may be out of date…but close the popup window and enjoy!
