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Crossing the Bridge talks Turkey, musically speaking
Then we move to more recognizably local Gypsy influences, master strummers of the oud and saz, the trance dance beats used by whirling dervishes, mesmerizing woodwind...
Pasadena Star News -
August 21, 2006
The Mystical Art of Belly Dancing
It's an ancient art of seduction, an inevitable enticement identified with the fluid movement of the hands like serpents or ribbons flying in the air, swaying hips, undulating torso...
News Today -
August 18, 2006
The rise of Yara
Ever since she was a toddler (at age three to be exact), Yara (born Carla in Lebanon in 1983) would practice the few songs that her mother used to play for her. This rising singing sensation...
Egypt Today -
August 16, 2006
Belly dance hip way to stay fit
With arms undulating gracefully and hips swiveling in synch to the soft wails of Middle Eastern music, belly dancers have captured the imagination and celebrated the human form for centuries...
The Capital Times -
August 16, 2006
Danish festival aims to change perceptions of Middle East
Organizers of a Danish Middle East festival, which on Saturday began a six-week tour of the Scandinavian country, said they hoped to change negative perceptions of the Middle East...
Turkish Daily News -
August 15, 2006
U.S. most Attracted to Mevlana Rituals and Music
The Turkish Sufi Music Society in affiliation with the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry performed 75 traditional Sema programs throughout the world; however, the group attracted the most attention
Zaman Online -
August 15, 2006
Belly dance revolution
It's very difficult, said belly dancing novice Patty Grass, 40, of Wexford, after the hour and a half class. Grass has studied ballroom dance for years but just started taking Merlina's class...
Pittsburgh Tribune -
August 15, 2006
Dina pays Tamer Husni a special visit in prison
Controversial Egyptian belly dancer Dina recently paid a visit to Egyptian singer Tamer Husni in prison. Tamer is currently serving a jail sentence for forging legal papers in an effort to avoid...
Albawaba -
August 14, 2006
Trading spaces
There is a belly dancer in the pulpit. It's Sunday night at St. John's on the Lake First United Methodist Church and right about the spot where the minister delivered the morning's sermon...
Miami Herald -
August 14, 2006
Dancing the night away: Hafla 2006
It took a lot more than the threat of a little rain to keep dancers away from this year's White Sands Full Moon Hafla, as dozens of area belly dancers took to the dunes for an evening of fellowship...
Alamogordo Daily News -
August 11, 2006
