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Good Sources of
Information
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Shira's Art of Middle Eastern Dance
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A wealth of information in
this USA site. |
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The Gilded Serpent
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American Belly Dance Magazine |
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Egyptian Castle
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Everything you need to know
about Egypt including music. |
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Suite 101
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Online community for belly
dancers |
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Al- bab.com
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Great site for general info on
the Middle East, including art, food, history, music, women |
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Egypt
Today
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Online news |
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Queensland Sites
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Jude's Academy of Middle Eastern Dance Page
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Brisbane's AMED site created
and maintained by Jude. Info on events and classes in Brisbane. |
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Princess Shahara
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AMED teacher Princess
Shahara. |
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Belly
Dance Artists QLD
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Profiles of Oasis
Dance Troupe members, organised by Susan Buntine |
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Saghirah's
Shimmy Page
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AMED teacher Saghirah's
personal page |
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Araby Belly Dance Academy
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Web page of the Gold Coast
"sister" school to AMED |
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Bead
Trimming and Craft Co
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Brisbane sequin
and bead shop |
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Bead
me
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Brisbane based
online motif and fringing shop |
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Australian Sites
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Amera's Palace
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Sydney dancer Amera's site -
shop online. |
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Sydney Middle
Eastern Dance Festival
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All the info
including workshop descriptions, programmes and costs. |
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Adriana's Site
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Tasmanian Belly Dancer and
teacher. |
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Dreaming of Jeannie
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Sydney dance site |
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Terezka Drnzik's World of
Danse Orientale
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Sydney Dancer and Troupe |
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Azziza's
Site
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Includes guide to
belly dance
teachers and where to see a dancer in Sydney, article on Hagallah |
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The
Seventh Veil
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Belly dance
vendor in Melbourne |
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Egyptian
Bazaar
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Adelaide based
vendor |
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Jrisi
Hathor Dance Studio
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Sydney based
dancer |
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Ghawazee
Caravan
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American Tribal
Style group based in Blue Mountains |
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Bits and Pieces
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Syria
Live
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Video clips of
Arabic Dancers |
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Shopping
in Cairo
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Recent article on shopping for
costumes in Cairo |
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Shopping
in Cairo
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Another useful
article |
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Helene
Erikson
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Info on different
dance styles |
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Bellydance
art
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Janet Morgan's
art work |
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Etchings
and Photos
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From Aziza Said's
Site |
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Museum of Middle
Eastern Dance
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Order vintage posters/prints; music |
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Belly
Dancing for Big Beautiful Women
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Tips for the dancer with a
fuller figure |
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Female
dance names
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Choose an Arabic dance name |
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Foreign dancers/Vendors
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Hossam
Ramzy
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Go to the articles section to
find some interesting bios on the great stars of Egyptian dance |
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Raqia
Hassan
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Egyptian Dancer
and Teacher and organiser of the Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival in Cairo |
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Aida
Nour
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Egyptian dancer |
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Aziza
Raks
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Beautiful
American dancer |
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Jillina
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Accomplished
American Dancer of the Egyptian Style |
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Ultra
Gypsy
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Modern Tribal
style dance troupe in USA |
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Suhaila Salimpour
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American Dancer |
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Egyptian
Academy of Oriental Dance
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New York based
Yousry Sharif and wife Nourhan |
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IAMED
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International
Academy of Middle Eastern dance |
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Aswan
Dancers
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San Francisco based dance
troupe |
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The
Indigo
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Tribal Fusion |
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Beata
and Horatio
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Wonderful Berlin
based dancers |
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Amani
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Amazing Lebanese
dancer |
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Toronto
Bellydance
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Roula and Hannan |
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Dahlal
International
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Vendor |
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Joharah
International
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Vendor |
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Belly
Dance Stuff
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Vendor |
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Turkish
Emporium
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Vendor |
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Costuming Links
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(I haven't tried any of these
patterns but they look simple enough...)
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How
to cover a Bra
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By Dina, from Shira's site,
diagrammes provided |
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Bra
Top
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By
Omphalo-Stepses,
Diagrammes provided |
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Covering
a Bra
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By Anthea, with photos |
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The
Basic Belt
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Simple instructions with
diagrammes by Omphalo-Stepses |
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Harem
Pants
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By Dina, from Shira's site |
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Harem
Pants
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By
Omphalo-Stepses, diagrammes
provided |
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Circle
Skirt
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By
Omphalo-Stepses, diagrammes
provided |
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Ghawazee
Coat
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Basic Instructions - please
note this coat is straight, not flared, |
