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Belly dancing gains popularity on the North Shore
The women of Shakti, a North Shore belly dancing troupe, begin their exotic dance. Pink and red toenails dart from eccentric skirts. Hip scarves decorated with silver and gold coins jingle like...
Sierra Sun -
June 29, 2006
Oriental Belly Dancing Festival launched
Despite strong opposition, the organizing committee of the Oriental Belly Dancing Festival stressed that it will not back out on holding the event this year and has already announced its launching...
Al Bawaba -
June 29, 2006
The Single Belly Dancer - Explorations from the source
You mesmerize hundreds, if not thousands of people with your smoldering eyes, undulating hips, and life-changing charisma on a regular basis. You turn heads with your powerful presence and leave...
The Hip Circle -
June 28, 2006
Tourism body bans belly dancing in hotels in Qatar
Qatar's residents and visitors said here on Sunday they were surprised to discover that belly dancing has been banned at hotels across the country. Hotel managers confirmed that guidelines...
Gulf News -
June 26, 2006
Serious shaking
The Shadows of the Fire dancers are hard to miss. They are the American women draped in Middle Eastern garb boldly rolling their bellies at every street festival in Fayetteville. But they aren't...
Fayetteville Online -
June 25, 2006
Male Dancers, Cultural Differences
There were lots and lots and lots of male performers, especially in public, and especially in eras where it was forbidden for women to perform in public. It was the coming of the colonials...
The Hip Circle -
June 24, 2006
Belly good for men too
With that, let's welcome belly dancing classes for men! Unlike the sensual and seductive movements for women, belly dancing for men (also called "rags shargy") is about, well, machismo and...
New Straits Times -
June 23, 2006
Just Do It
An explosion of naked skin and twisted silk gyrates to the sounds of Greek, Spanish, Indian, African and Middle Eastern jazz, funk and rock, all with the hope of exciting your mind, body and soul...
Philadelphia City Paper -
June 22, 2006
Habibi Magazine resumes publication
Habibi Magazine, the United States' premier journal of middle eastern dance and music, resumes publication with its Fall, 2006 issue. Publisher Stella Grey and Editor-in-Chief Nina Costanza...
Habibi Magazine -
June 21, 2006
The outside world just stops when you walk into the studio
It wasn't until age 32 that Leah Robling found her calling. She had been a dancer for 14 years, but she stumbled upon her fate - a belly-dancing studio - in a remote Northern California town...
The Evansville Courier -
June 20, 2006
