Lebanese singer Ghassan Saliba presents the life and poetry of the
greatest poet in Arabic literature, Abu Tayeb al-Mutanabbi at
Baccalauria School stadium in Amman on July 3, 2002. Through a
commitment to the past and an endeavour to creat dance for the present,
more than 120 dancers, artists and singers from arround the world
combined with the troop's uniquely energetic ballet style to bring
Al-Mutanabbi to life, in Amman one thousand years after his death.
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