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 ...

Midway through our recent Skype chat, Fatima Al Qadiri tells me that she doesn’t want to get too deep into the themes behind her new five-track EP, Shaneera. With its raunchy, call-and-response Arabic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, was recently in Abu Dhabi, UAE, as part of his regional tour in the Middle East. While the visit is memorable, a traditional Arab dance called ...

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 ...

A video highlighting issues students have had with the University of Michigan’s Arabic language classes kicked off Friday’s annual Arab Xpression show, which celebrates Arabic culture through dances, ...

Egypt may be the cradle of Arabic dance, but homegrown talent has become hard to find. That's why today many of the most successful belly dancers come from abroad, like Johara a.k.a. Ekaterina ...

Despite the UK’s large Arab population, there are few clubs that play their music. Enter Hishek Bishek, where you can find high-speed dabke, mahraganat and more It’s 11pm outside Electrowerkz and a ...

“So You Think You Can Dance” made its way to Michigan this weekend, but this one had a new spin. On Friday evening, TEDxUofM Adventures ran the “So You Think You Can Dabke” event in the Michigan Union ...