↑ The Arab World, Volume 8. Arab Information Center. 1962. But what is dabke and to which period can it be traced? According to Lebanese historian Youssef Ibrahim Yazbec, who is working on a book on folklore, the dabke comes from the Arabic dabaka meaning to make a noise. ... His theory is that the Phoenicians were the first teachers of the dance in the world, and the dabke is a representative descendant of the Phoenician dances left to us.
↑ Morris, Gay; Giersdorf, Jens Richard (n.d.). Choreographies of 21st Century Wars. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-020166-1 – melalui Google Books. Dabke is a folk dance "made up of intricate steps and stomps" (Rowe 2011, 364) performed by both men and women that is popular in areas such as Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. The dance is often performed at weddings and celebrations; however, it is also performed in theatrical or contemporary modes.
↑ "كل الاردن". Allofjo.net. Dicapai pada 2017-01-07.
