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Around the World in 80 Songs: Turkey
The video makes the song seem sufficiently cheesy for pop music, with Dalkilic doing his best to look sexy while being chased through a junkyard by a deranged woman in a wedding…
dag.blog -
February 9, 2009
A master of Arabic music plays
More than ever, the music of the Arab world is with us, right here in the good ol' U.S.A. The relatively unfamiliar quarter-tones and microtonal quavers of pan-Arabic music may still...
philly.com -
February 9, 2009
Bazaar enlivens Valentine shopping
As I made my way through the rooms of the Arabic Bazaar on Duval Street on Sunday afternoon, I ran into Zein Al-Jundi, who had just changed into a floor-length brown dress with...
The Daily Texan -
February 9, 2009
Early love of belly dancing led to performing
Joette Sawall had her first experience with belly dancing when she was 12. A classmate in Little Rock, Ark., performed belly dance at a community festival, and Sawall was intrigued...
Mlive.com -
February 9, 2009
Shake it
Flowing skirts sway and small metal disks on coin hip scarves clang together as a group of belly dancers move to the beat of an Arabian melody. Bystanders could think this is some...
The Partenon.com -
February 9, 2009
Delhi belly dancing
And it's not just the big, fashionable bashes where belly dance has become de rigeur - even many birthday bashes, festivals and pre-wedding parties have a belly dancer as part of the...
The Times of India -
January 21, 2009
Belly dancer Emma catches Tuncay's eye
Pop stars like Shakira and Beyonce have helped boost belly dancing's profile. Now Emma, of Durham Road, Redcar, is tapping into its increasing popularity. She said: "It's a pleasant...
Gazette Live UK -
January 21, 2009
Arabian sights come to Cuba Carnival
One of the floats in this year's Cuba Street Carnival night parade will venture into the territory of Arabian Nights when local belly dance teacher Traysi Holohan and her students...
The Dominion Post -
January 21, 2009
Bare bellies abound
Geographically, Eilat is at a natural crossroads. For centuries, nomads made their way from Sinai through Israel to Jordan, and back. With a mystic atmosphere much like that of Tangier...
The Jerusalem Post -
January 21, 2009
Learning in the navel of belly dancing
Crockett said as a single woman in a foreign land she never felt uncomfortable. She wore a head scarf to show respect to the culture. "There was a sense of joy there," she said...
Canoe.ca -
January 21, 2009
