DJANET, Algeria — In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a shuffling “step-step” to the beat of drums and chanting from ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY will host Algerian-American dance educator Esraa Warda on Thursday for a showcase of western Algerian dance styles, which include Medahatte, Raï ...

In 2009, 249 male dancers and one female dancer met in Algiers, Algeria, to audition for an up-and-coming French choreographer Hervé Koubi. The performers who showed up to the casting call were mostly ...

Folk songs and folk dance music. Chiefly, Arabic words. Program notes by Peter Throckmorton on container. Performer(s): Performed by Algerian folk musicians. From the heights of our mountains.--The ...

Egypt's city of Ismailia hosts the 25th edition of the Ismaïlia International Festival for Folk Arts, with performances across multiple venues throughout the governorate. The festival runs from 24 to ...

The event began with a special musical performance at the National Theatre of the Ministry of Information and Culture on Saturday. General Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Interior, inaugurated ...

Rachid Taha, the French-Algerian singer best known for fusing rock with raï, a form of traditional Algerian folk, has died from a heart attack at age 59. “It is with regret and immense sadness that ...