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PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.
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Reviews of Books Related to
Near Eastern Music, Dance, & Culture
This menu leads to reviews of books related to Near Eastern music, dance, and culture, as follows:
- Articles About Books. Suggested reading lists and ideas for using books as resources.
- Book Reviews
- About Belly Dance In General. These books tend to be written by dancers, for dancers, and include a bit of history, a bit of costume instruction, a bit of dance-related advice, etc.
- History of Middle Eastern Dance. Research into the roots of our dance form.
- Costuming for Belly Dancing and Near Eastern Folkloric Dance. Instructional guides for costume designers.
- Near Eastern Culture. Understanding the lifestyles and values of the regions these dances came from. Includes information about the ancient Near East in Sumer, Egypt, etc.
- How to Belly Dance. Written instruction on how to do belly dance moves.
- On Being a Dancer. Memoirs, humorous anecdotes, travelogues, and more.
- Middle Eastern Music. Instruction, theory, history, and culture.
- Fiction Related to Belly Dancing, the Middle East, or North Africa. Escape into a great story!
- Children's Books. Related to belly dancing or Near Eastern culture.
- Bookstore. Purchases made through this web page will help support the ongoing operation of Shira.net.
- About Belly Dance in General. These books tend to be written by dancers, for dancers, and include a bit of history, a bit of costume instruction, a bit of dance-related advice, etc.
- History of Belly Dance. How belly dance has evolved over the years.
- How to Belly Dance. Written instruction on how to do belly dance moves.
- Belly Dance Costuming. Instructional guides for costume designers.
- On Being a Belly Dancer. Memoirs, humorous anecdotes, travelogues, and more.
- Learning the Arabic Language. Alphabet, dictionaries, instruction.
- Near Eastern Culture. Includes both modern-day and ancient Near East.
- Children. Books for young readers.
- Fiction. Some of these books feature belly dancers as characters, whereas others have at least some of their action occurring in the Middle East.
- Index to All Book-Related Pages on Shira.net. Site map for the "Books" section.
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