Dance with a Kuwaiti in desert (8)
I believe the answer is:
saraband
'dance' is the definition.
(saraband is a kind of dance)
'a kuwaiti in desert' is the wordplay.
'a kuwaiti' becomes 'arab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'desert' becomes 'sand' (I've seen this before).
'arab' going into 'sand' is 'SARABAND'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for saraband that I've seen before include "Old, courtly dance" , "dance music" , "Stately dance" , "Slow Spanish dance" .)