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 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 ...

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 ...

De bezoekers van de Dabke Night in het Rotterdamse theater Lantarenvenster zijn nog maar net binnen als een enthousiaste man ze vraagt om in een cirkel te gaan staan. Die cirkel wordt zo groot dat de ...

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, ...

Following in the social media footsteps of predecessors such as the Running Man challenge and the Harlem Shake, here comes the vertically-challenging Dabke Challenge. The Dabke is a traditional ...

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 ...

At the first annual Hebron Festival, an event organized by the Hebron Municipality to celebrate the culture and history of Palestinians in Hebron, students from across the West Bank put on a ...

Arabic for “stomping the ground,” dabke is the national dance of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine. Even the Israelis have developed their own version of this ancient Arab line dance. Now, just as ...

A video from Palestine of a young girl and several boys performing the traditional Arab folk dance - Dabke, has gathered a lot of attention The girl can be seen dancing in the backdrop of what seems ...

It was a simple challenge from a friend in Palestine — make a dance video and post it on social media. Mohammed Khudeish and Mohammed Rayyan, both newcomers to Windsor, Ont., knew right away they'd do ...