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 ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Just as much as it is a genre of music, dabke is a form of dance. The two work to reinforce one another ...

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 ...

This compilation of 1990s-2000s Syrian dabke music, a jittery and buzzing staple of wedding ceremonies, was put together by Sublime Frequencies associate Mark Gergis for his Sham Palace imprint. Save ...

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 ...

Drawing from Kurdish and Turkic music, Iraqi choubi, and the dabke, Souleyman makes a modernized blend of old musics that collide in the modern Middle East. Save this story Save this story Most of ...

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 ...

ALBANY – It was in a Lebanese restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, watching his Israeli boyfriend and a Lebanese waiter doing a traditional Middle Eastern folk dance between the tables, that choreographer ...

As the global village has shrunk, and languages, we are told, are vanishing with terrifying speed, music seems to survive, endlessly developing (almost counter-intuitively, given the globalisation of ...