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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...