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Belly-dancing helps women get hip, happy
As Laurel Victoria slipped on her worn, pink, dancing slippers, the belly-dancing teacher described her students' motivation with an eloquence of a global traveler well versed in the artform of...
The Gazette -
April 13, 2006
Arabian twist
Acclaimed Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab's Kiss Me Not On The Eyes, making its Asian debut, is set in Cairo and chronicles a 23-year-old Egyptian woman's struggles against social taboos...
The Star Online eCentral -
April 13, 2006
The belly and its taboo dance in Egypt
The low public image of belly dancing in Egypt surprised me. After all, dancers are essential at weddings and on many other occasions, where people shower them with money and compliments...
The Brown Daily Herald -
April 12, 2006
A series of bad luck for Kathem El Saher
A Tunisian court has delivered a verdict against prominent Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher forcing him to pay a fine of 36,000 US dollars to Tunisian concert sponsor El Saed Lasa'ed...
Al Bawaba -
April 10, 2006
Morocco: Of will and kismet
Like Tahiya Carioca, Umm Kulthoum or indeed La Nina de los Peines, the world-renowned Oriental dancer and dance teacher Morocco has about her the indelible mark of a diva - strong willed...
Al-Ahram Weekly -
April 6, 2006
Bellydancing out, cinema in, says Hamas
"Bellydancing is naked women. This is not Islamic. The Egyptians come here and do it. And there are a lot of Russian bellydancers in Egypt and they come here too," said Mr Sibbah, 58, an Islamic...
Guardian Unlimited -
April 6, 2006
Instructor teaching Saturday courses through
Some Moses Lake residents have been spending their recent Saturdays in a unique way: Belly dancing. Peria Duncan, whose dance name is Nizana, has been teaching the classes since last fall in Moses...
Columbia Basin Herald -
April 4, 2006
Evening of belly dance
The art of belly dancing has been growing by leaps and bounds and quick hip movements all over north America in the last couple of years. Women everywhere are finding it great entertainment and...
Williams Lake Tribune -
March 29, 2006
Persian-Iranian Parade 2006 In New York City
The colorful parade, with a large number of activities, music bands, dance ensembles, flags and floats, carriages and performers, marchers and dignitaries, was an impressive display of Persian...
Payvand News Of Iran -
March 24, 2006
Bellydance partywith feast of sound
Tokyo band Tabla Kwaiesa will be injecting the plush Club Heights in Shinjuku with a whole lot of Arabic soul for "Tokyo Ihtifaal," an event taking place March 21. Some of Japan's top bellydancers...
The Japan Times -
March 17, 2006
