The art form of dabke, which means “stamping of the feet” in Arabic, is a popular folk dance with roots in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. The dance, which historically has been used to repair ...

The dance is commonly seen at social gatherings in Palestine. Students for Justice in Palestine hosted the event on March 6. (Photo by Mario Mendez) As part of a week-long string of events protesting ...

STORY: This is 'Dabke', a traditional Palestinian danceIt's being taught by the Al Hannouneh Society in Jordanas a way to keep the Palestinian heritage aliveLocator: Amman, Jordan(Lujain Abu Ghoush, ...

The crowd learns a traditional Yiddish dance at Upshtat Zingerai’s Purim tanzhoyz, held in at Color Club. Credit: Chana Shapiro Friedland grew up in a musical Jewish family but didn’t learn ...

The DC-Dabkeh Troupe, which presents traditional Middle Eastern folk dances, performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend ...

A Kahoot game invited all attendees to test their knowledge on Palestine culture, art, music and dance traditions. The Dabkeh performance was welcomed with cheers and claps to the beat of the drums.

One Lebanese-Palestinian law student tweeted a photograph of herself in a thobe dancing the traditional Arab folk dance called the dabke and wrote, "count one young Palestinian woman with a lump ...

The dynamic Mohammed Smahneh, for one, moves fluidly between styles, his dancing a through line that links dabke, a traditional Palestinian folk dance, and breaking. Image. Samaa Wakim, ...

Betsy Nelson, a sophomore from Newton, Mass., will belly-dance during intermission. Traditionally performed by men and women, dabkeh is a traditional dance in much of the Middle East. It’s the ...

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Among the many different folk dance troupes who took part in the 18th annual Ismailia International Festival for Folk Arts, Al-Falouga troupe from Palestine stands out.