PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.

• In the Middle East
  • Personalities
  • The Working World
  • History
  • Society

• Elsewhere in the World
  • Through Foreign Eyes
    • Society
  • Product Reviews
  • Dance Styles

Shafiqa el-Koptiyya

• Shafiqa el-Koptiyya: The Dancer Whose Horses Drank Champagne. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online January 29, 2012.

Zouba el-Klobatiyya

• Yousef El Sherif Discusses Zouba el-Klobatiyya. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online March 5, 2012.

Hekmet Fahmy

• Hekmet Fahmy, The Spy. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 25, 2012.

Tahia Carioca

• Tahia Carioca Interviewed by Mona Gaabr and Samia Gamal Interviewed by Tarik Habib. Translated by Mahmoud Sami.
• Onscreen Special About the Documentary Carioca. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 18, 2012.
• Tahia Carioca: Dancing as Oum Kalthoum Sang. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 22, 2012.
• Tahia or Soheir? Similar Legends, Which Are True? Placed online March 3, 2012.
• Tahia and Badia Feeding the Chickens. Photos of Tahia Carioca's visit to Badia Masabni's farm in Lebanon. Placed online March 1, 2012.

Samia Gamal

• Samia Gamal Interviewed by Fouad Moawad in 1968. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 6, 2012.
• Tahia Carioca Interviewed by Mona Gaabr and Samia Gamal Interviewed by Tarik Habib. Translated by Mahmoud Sami.
• "Samia Gamal Danced with Me in Her 60's". Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online March 4, 2012.

Naemet Mokhtar

• About Naemet Mokhtar. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 1, 2012.
• Naemet Mokhtar Breaks 30 Years of Silence. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online March 4, 2012.

Zeinat Olwi

• About Zeinat Olwi. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 8, 2012.

Dawlath Soliman

• Dawlath Soliman: Dancing with a Gunshot Wound. Placed online February 18, 2012.

Hind Rostom

• Hind Rostom: A Great Loss to Egyptian Cinema & Dance. News story about Hind Rostom's August 2011 death. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 20, 2012.

Nagwa Fouad

• Nagwa Fouad Interviewed by Magdy el Galad in Ramadan 2010. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online January 30, 2012.

Lucy

• Lucy Interviewed by Inas el Degheidy in Ramadan 2010. Transcript translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 3, 2012.

Dina

• Dina Interviewed by Wafaa el Kilany in October 2010. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online January 31, 2012.
• Dina Interviewed by a French Television Channel in January 2011. Translated into by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 4, 2012.
• Dina Interviewed in May 2011. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 16, 2012.

The Working World

• Foreign Dancers in Egypt
• Working in the Middle East

ABOUT THE PHOTO: Sabriye Tekbilek performs at the Khaleej Palace Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

• Did Napoleon Really Behead 400 Ghawazee? By Ivor. Added December 4, 2011.
• Imagining Movement: Orientalist Paintings & Photographs of Middle Eastern Dancers. By Kristen D. Windmuller. Placed online March 20, 2012.
• Flyer from 1940 for New Show at Badia Masabni's Casino Opera. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 13, 2012.
• The Required Qualities of Dancers. Translated by George Sawa.

• Flyer from 1930's for New Show at Mary Mansour's Sala. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 20, 2012.
• Flyer from 1940's for New Show Featuring Badia Masabni's and Beba Ezz El-Din's Dance Company. Placed online March 1, 2012.
• Farewell to the El Gandoul Nightclub on Pyramid Street. Historic club demolished in July 2011. By Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 22, 2012.
• Of Ballet and Belly Dancing. Placed online February 26, 2012.
• Cross-Dressing in Middle Eastern Dance
• Fact Or Fantasy?

• A Dance For The Whole Family
• Middle Eastern Dance: The Spiritual Connection
• Why the Fuss Over Egyptian Style Music & Oriental Dance?
• Egyptian Movies With Dance Scenes
• Baladi. By Hossam Ramzy.
• Raqs Sharqi Dancers Reject Wahda We Nos Dancers. Placed online February 27, 2012.

ABOUT THE PHOTO: An alley in Cairo where a wedding is taking place in January, 1999.

Society

• A Dance By Any Other Name
• Belly Questions
• Belly Dancing - Isn't That Like Stripping?
• Middle Eastern Dance and the Internet
• Dance of the Seven Veils

Media

• That "Snake Charmer" Song
• Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896): A Film by Thomas Edison. By Marilee Nugent ("Venus"). Placed online April 21, 2012.
• Maria's List of Belly Dance and Middle Eastern Themes in the Movies
  • Part 1: Movies produced in the USA.
  • Part 2: Movies produced in Europe.
  • Part 3: Everything else.
• Cartoons with "Middle Eastern" Themes.
• Mini-Reviews of Movies with "Middle Eastern" Themes
• Mini-Reviews of Television Shows with "Middle Eastern" Themes
• Dawlath Soliman: Dancing with a Gunshot Wound. Placed online February 18, 2012.

Knowledge

• A Glossary Of Middle Eastern Dance Terms
• "The Oldest Dance"? Really???
• Quiz
• Clip Art For Dancers
• Quotations About Dance

PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Bill Corwin, San Jose, California, 1986.

• Books about the History of Oriental Dance

PHOTO CREDIT: Photo by Randolph Lynch, Redwood City, California.

• Styles Of Belly Dance In The United States
  • Part 1: Introduction, Overview, Historical Perspective
  • Part 2: Troupe/Solo, Choreography/Improvisation, Structure
  • Part 3: Veil Work, Finger Cymbals, The Music, Type of Dance Moves, The Costume, Performance Venues, Props, Other Dance Styles
• What Is Pharaonic Dance?
• Of Ballet and Belly Dancing. Placed online February 26, 2012.

ABOUT THE PHOTO: Photo of Arabella wearing a Pharaonic costume that she made.