Rooted in the fertile plains of the Levant, Dabke music has long served as the sonic heartbeat that animates weddings, harvest celebrations, and street parades across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Punks for Palestine” You’ve probably never heard Dabke play like this before. TRT World speaks with LA-based musician Adam ...

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 ...

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 ...

To celebrate our twenty-fifth anniversary, the Worldview team will be hitting the road from July 6-12, bringing you stories from Michigan and southern Ontario. Our first stop is Sunfest, the largest ...