Before anyone in the West had ever heard of him, Omar Souleyman was already a star in northeastern Syria, where he was one of the most in-demand wedding performers in the region. Souleyman plays dabke ...

Zvi Gotheiner was sitting in a Lebanese restaurant in Stockholm a few years ago when his partner started dancing a simple line dance – the dabke, it was called – with the owner of the restaurant. The ...

Gaza is preparing to wear its long-awaited garment of joy as it celebrates a mass wedding for 54 brides and grooms, slowly emerging from the wounds and sorrows of war. A gentle and sincere happiness ...

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 ...

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 ...

DOHA: Katara is set to celebrate the popular Levantine Arab folk dance Dabka through the Dabka Festival to be held on Thursday and Friday at the Katara Amphitheatre. Dance troupes from Jordan, ...

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 ...