The sounds of drums, Arabic lyrics and quick feet tapping and shuffling filled the room on the third floor of Ackerman Union as third-year political science student Rayan Naouchi led the members 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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Arabic, “dabke” means “stomping of the feet,” but in parts of the Middle East, it is also a traditional style of dance commonly performed at Arabic celebrations such as weddings. The UCLA Dabke ...

PLEASANTVILLE — A chance to experience traditional Middle Eastern culture, music, dance and a good time brought hundreds of people to the 10th Lebanese Festival this weekend at Our Lady Star of the ...