• Guardians Of Memory
    preserving folk culture is the duty of all who believe in its power to carry a people forward.
  • The Artistic Troupe
    breathes life into our cultural heritage, embodying the timeless bond between people and their land.
  • Al Hannouneh Magazine
    chronicling folk culture across the breadth of the Arab world.
  • Thobe of Life
    our traditional dress is a living masterpiece, bearing the weight of a world and a land upon a single body.
  • Dabkeh Courses
    Stomp into the heartbeat of our indigenous folk tradition.
  • Al Hannouneh Souq
    Discover traditional crafts, heritage industries, and the authentic flavours of our folk cuisine.

Al Hannouneh Society For Popular Culture


Across every generation, there are those who believe in the power of folk culture — historians, politicians, writers, artists, students, and grandparents alike, each carrying and passing on the stories of those who came before. They are all, in their own way, Guardians of Memory. Through our living engagement with our heritage and our commitment to passing it on, we ensure its survival against the threats of loss, appropriation, and erasure.

Vision
Folk culture is the cornerstone of national identity.

Mission
To nurture and deepen that foundation — inspiring generations who believe in the unity of Greater Syria's cultural heritage and defend its identity through creativity and artistic expression.

About the Name
Al Hannouneh is the name of a wild flower native to our mountains and plains. In Canaanite mythology, Ba'al — the God of Fertility and the embodiment of life's renewal — once fought the God of Death, the force of all that is evil. Ba'al fell in battle, and his blood was spilt across the land. Yet the following spring, at every spot where a drop of his blood had touched the earth, a Hannouneh flower bloomed.

Al Hannouneh, thereby, is the soul of persistence. The proof that life returns.



Projects & Programs

Thobe of Life

Al Hannouneh Magazine

Guardians of Memory

Al Hannouneh Souq

Pulse of Al Hannouneh

Dabkeh Courses