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 ...

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In the past, pro-Palestinian activists have accused Israel of stealing "indigenous" Palestinian foods such as hummus and falafel. Now, a small group has its sights on an unlikely target, an ...

A flavor of Palestinian culture was on stage last weekend at Queen University. A dozen dancers from the Palestinian territories and Jordan were in Charlotte to perform a traditional folk dance called ...

LAWRENCE — Music will pulse and food will abound at Mahjaran, a three-day festival where the sounds, sights and smells embody the feel of a Lebanese village. The Arabic welcome, “Ahlan wa Sahlan,” ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Now that we're in April, dance companies are starting to close out their seasons/ Repertory Dance Theatre's final 2016-2017 show will be Dabke, running April 6-8, which will feature an evening-length ...