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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Arab Student Association at the University of Michigan hosted its annual Arab Xpressions ...

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, ...