Since 1989, Cassandra Shore has been creating theatrical versions of Middle Eastern dance for the concert stage, almost always with a live orchestra consisting of male musicians. This weekend, however ...

(WXYZ0 — We’re five days into National Arab American Heritage Month, which the White House this year officially recognized as the month of April. To celebrate ...

Laylit When: Feb. 17 from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Where: Spot Lite What: An Arabic dance party Who: Local DJs Tammy Lakkis and aa3, plus Montreal DJ Mnsa, and NYC DJ Saphe. Why: Celebrate culture with ...

4:55 ‘Yalla! Let’s Talk’ platform tackles identity issues for immigrant Arab youth A crowd of partygoers begins to sway their hips to the melodic beats of Arabic music as Philippe Manasseh, the DJ and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A video highlighting issues students have had with the University of Michigan’s Arabic language ...

The creator of Berlin's legendary Balkan Beats nights, Robert Soko, has now launched Arab Beats, an event which allows Syrian refugees and German party-goers to come together — and snub the country's ...

Get ready Arab music fans for the release of “Yalla Dance 2!” by ‘EMI Productions’ - the hottest Arabic dance album of the season, featuring dance hits from the biggest DJ’s and crossover artists in ...

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — With stomping feet, swinging hips, a drumbeat and lots of laughter, two Syrian migrants lead a group of Germans and others in traditional Arab dance at a Berlin studio to share ...

The Lebanese composer’s fusion of Middle Eastern and Western music created a new genre during the country’s civil war. Lebanese composer and arranger Ihsan Al-Mounzer pioneered 'belly dance disco', a ...

Belly dance, also called Arabic dance or Raqs sharqi, literally means oriental dancing. It is an Arabic expressive dance which originated in Egypt and emphasises on the complex movements of the torso.

Lebanese singer Aziza took the disco path in her latest track ‘Mn Hadid’ (‘From Iron’), an Arabic cover of Cher’s 1966 song ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’. With Cher and her then-husband’s, Sony ...