Palestinian dating app for Palestinian singles in the US
For a lot of Palestinian Americans, the first thing people want to know is exactly where your family is from. HeyArab works as a Palestinian dating app and is open to every Arab community. You answer that on your profile, then get on with meeting someone.
Hometown is how Palestinian singles introduce themselves
Palestinian families trace themselves to Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, Jaffa, Haifa, or a village most people have never heard of. Families have often been spread across Jordan, the Gulf and the US before settling here.
Paterson in New Jersey, Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, Bridgeview outside Chicago, Dearborn and Southern California all have large Palestinian communities. On HeyArab you list Palestine as your country of origin, and prompts like "My family's from… but home also means…" let you say the rest in your own words.
Faith, family and your own pace
Palestinians are Muslim and Christian, observant and not, and many have family on both sides. Religion and denomination are optional fields, and you can filter by religion if it matters to you.
You decide whether you are looking for marriage, something long term, either, or friends. You can also say how involved your family is in your dating life. Some people want them close from the start. Others keep it private until it is serious.
Keeping the app about people
HeyArab is a place to meet someone, and it does not take sides on politics. Our Community Guidelines ask everyone to treat each other with respect, and you can report or block anyone from their profile or a chat.
Voice intros help here too. Thirty seconds of you talking about your week, your teta or your commute tells people more than a bio does, and it carries your accent. Vouches from friends and a selfie verification badge help people see you are who you say you are.
Musakhan, dabke and the keffiyeh at the wedding
Ask a Palestinian about home and food comes up fast. Maqluba flipped onto the tray in front of everyone. Musakhan with too much sumac. Knafeh from Nablus, and an argument about whether anywhere else makes it properly.
Weddings are their own world. The dabke line, the zaffe, the aunt who starts the zaghrouta before anyone else. "The Arabic song everyone at the wedding knows the words to…" is a prompt Palestinians tend to answer in about two seconds, and it is a good test of whether you two would end up on the same dance floor.
Also on HeyArab: Jordanian singles in the US.
Questions
- Can I say which city or village my family is from?
- You can list Palestine as your country of origin, and your prompts and voice intro are the place for the rest. Many people mention their family's hometown there.
- Is HeyArab for Palestinian Christians too?
- Yes. Religion is optional, and the denomination list includes Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Melkite as well as Sunni. You can show it, hide it, or filter by religion yourself.
- What if someone is rude about politics?
- Report or block them from their profile or the chat. Blocking is instant, and reports go to our moderation team.
Guides
Also read: Lebanese singles, Syrian singles, Jordanian singles, Egyptian singles, Iraqi singles, Moroccan singles, Yemeni singles, Algerian singles, Tunisian singles, Sudanese singles