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 ...

Dabke marks weddings and celebrations. Check out the masterclass at the end of the story Dabke troupes in the UAE speak to Gulf News on the Levantine tradition and what the art form means for the ...

GAZA STRIP – Almost every evening at around 6pm, 32-year-old Iyad Obeid and his dance troupe stomp their feet to the Dabke rhythm and release the occasional "whoop," as demonstrators join in from the ...

Wael Kodeih’s latest project “DABAKA” reinvents the Levantine folklore with a contemporary edge. Performed at The Grand Factory an hour late Tuesday night, the audience quickly forgot the delay when ...

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 ...

Sign up to receive our email newsletter in your inbox. The sound of synchronized stomps filled Parkes Hall 122 during the Middle Eastern North African Student ...