• In the 1960s and 1970s, public poetry readings in Israeli Arab villages were a widespread feature of rural Arab life, held especially at public and family celebrations, upon pilgrims' return from Mecca, and on the occasion of deaths or disasters. The peasant poets addressed all aspects of private and public life, such as love, marriage, death, nature, work, leisure and religious life.[1]
• A few years after the establishment of the State of Israel, attempts were made to stage shows in Arabic, but these came to naught. It was only in 1965 that Arab theater and dance companies, initiated by individuals and assisted by the Arab Section of the Histadrut (Labor Federation) became more or less permanent establishments

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