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.
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  • 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.
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