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Egypt dance brings life to City of Dead
Three years ago, I decided to embark on the job of making belly dance costumes, as my previous job of dressmaker was in decline, said Umm Essam, still enthusiastic despite her 60 years of age...
Middle East Times -
September 19, 2006
Gypsy festival
We pull up next to a short line of Serbs selling parking permits just outside what's usually the quiet central Serbian village of Guca. The first thing I see is a man a few yards away. He's...
MySa -
September 18, 2006
Turkish belly dance competition
Turkey has its own version of "Pop Idol" which produces stars overnight a belly-dancing competition with text-message voting which has stormed to the top of Saturday night ratings...
Sabah -
September 18, 2006
Ask aunt Rocky |12| Morocco on Costuming
Yes, you have, going back to that, the flesh exposed above the sari. The French dismissing an entire dance genre, which has many varieties and many different dances, by calling it all danse du...
The Hip Circle -
September 18, 2006
Feminine mystique unveiled
After traveling the world, performing everywhere from India to Tunisia to Japan, local belly dancer Salome is back in town, heating up the Corvallis performance scene and teaching others to embrace...
Gazette Times -
September 15, 2006
What is... Belly Dancing?
The perception of bellydancers as 'stripping for wimps' is diminishing and thanks to its growing popularity a greater understanding is finally emerging. Most people, nowadays, are familiar, to...
STV -
September 12, 2006
Great Lakes Belly dance convention
Enjoy 3 days and 2 nights dancing, learning, partying, eating, and shopping at the FIRST EVER convention held in the Great Lakes area. Spend a weekend socializing with other bellydancers...
The Belly dance Divas -
September 10, 2006
Layali Simsimiyya
A hilarious spectacle of live music and skillful dancing. A breathtaking encounter on stage: two dance companies, one from Egypt, one from Finland, with a fabulous simsimiyya band from Suez...
Mohamed El Hosseny -
September 10, 2006
Morality guards of Kuwait
They have demanded that these clubs be shut down and those responsible for this "infamous" "un-Islamic" practice be incarcerated. Women argue that belly dance is a kind of sport and is a kind...
Kuwait Times -
September 10, 2006
Tales of mind and body
Through powerfully controlled nuances of belly, hip, waist and wrist, Grossman uses movement to connect the electrified crowd to the beat of the music, to enthrall them with her story...
Columbia Missourian -
September 10, 2006
