The Morse Crescent Theater transformed on Saturday into a space of celebration and shared heritage as Yale’s dabke team hosted its fall showcase. The event was co-sponsored by the Modern Arabic ...

Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner has no way to tell the Syrian singer Ali al-Deek how well his music went over in Washington this weekend. Hopefully he is still alive, and safe. For now, Deek's Arabic folk ...

The traditional Levantine dance form is enjoying a renaissance as a new generation of artists introduce it to a younger audience/ “For me, it’s the voices of the mountain,” says the Lebanese musician ...

Silly things will be written about this record, so let me emphasize up top that, overhyped or not, a fine record it is, and fine in a distinct way. But with Omar Souleyman — especially as heard ...

A flavor of Palestinian culture was on stage last weekend at Queen University. A dozen dancers from the Palestinian territories and Jordan were in Charlotte to perform a traditional folk dance called ...

Since coming to campus as an official organization this summer, the University of Minnesota’s Arab Dabke Club (ADC) has started to build membership. The Dabke originates from the Levantine regions, ...

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The energetic tempo, the stomping, and the ancient traditions. Dabke has a lot in common with various African dances, so Palestinian choreographer Sharaf DarZaid decided ...