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Bela Bartok commemorated
Commemoration of Bartok in Turkey has a special meaning because he visited Turkey in 1936 and toured Anatolia with Turkish composer and conductor Ahmed Adnan Saygun. They collected many folk songs...
Turkish Daily News -
October 16, 2006
Sands of time
Carthage. Two thousand years ago, it was the rival of Rome, centre of the Phoenicians' great North African empire. Now Carthage is a wealthy suburb of Tunis, capital of Tunisia, a favourite holiday...
Canada.com -
October 16, 2006
Leela's Arabia Exotica 2006
How I wish I could be in Hollywood, California right now! Leela invites all to Leela's Arabia Exotica 2006: Dancing in a Secret Language. Belly Dancer Leela will perform at the Fabulous Avalon...
Bella Online -
October 13, 2006
Mideastern dancing reaches their hearts first, minds later
One reason I got involved with the Al-Haneen Arabic Dabke Dance Group was to affect people through their hearts rather than their minds," Toland said. She first became interested in the dabke form...
Tucson Citizen -
October 12, 2006
Fitness, bonding are benefits of belly dancing
"I'm trying to get rid of the stereotype", Sofi said. "People have the wrong picture (of belly dancing). It's a lot more than rolling around. It's more beautiful and feminine than seductive...
Press Register -
October 11, 2006
A winning formula
The attempts to tie up personal experiences with recent social history soon extended to biographical dramas based on the lives of celebrated artists, as was the case in the 2001 serial Umm Kulthoum...
Al-Ahram -
October 5, 2006
Palestinian Dance Education under Occupation
Arabs in general have traditionally viewed and practised dance as a communal expression of happiness, experienced during revered folk festivities of all sorts: a good harvest, a wedding...
ElectronicIntifada.net -
October 3, 2006
Lively cultural nights
Al-Tannura troupe will perform three special concerts of distinguished folkloric dance and music which revive Egypt's art and cultural heritage. The Tahmeila (the Musical interlude) displays the...
Al-Ahram -
September 28, 2006
Dina in perfect health
Controversial Egyptian belly dancer and actor Dina has denied circulating rumors that she is suffering from a life threatening illness, and that she has been hiding her illness to protect her career..
Albawaba -
September 28, 2006
Eastern promise
With Harem Nights You can have a whole Arabian Nights themed evening planed with a magic Middle Eastern atmosphere. They transform your place, or venue, into a colourful 'harem' atmosphere...
ClickPress -
September 28, 2006
