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_______________________________________________ASSOCIATION

Nelly Mazloum Mediterranean Archaic Dances Research Institute  Greece
http://www.adhamonline.com/Sony%20Gallery/SonyGallery.htm Egypt
Ontario Middle Eastern Dance Association
Canada 
Middle Eastern Dance Association Canada 
Regina Association of Middle Eastern Dance  Canada
Bundesverband für Orientalischen Tanz e.V. Germany 
Mosaic Arabic Dance Network United Kingdom 
Northern Arabic Dance Association Northern England & Scotland
dance@raqssharqisociety.org Raqs Sharqi Society London, England 
Scandinavian Oriental Dance Association 
MEDANZ New Zealand 
Middle Eastern Culture & Dance Association USA 
National Endowment for the Arts USA
Northwest Association of Middle Eastern Dancers International USA 
Middle Eastern Dance in New England  New England area · USA 
Washington Area Mid-East Dance Association Washington D. C. · USA 
Belly Dance Australia

 

_________________________________________________ TEACHERS

 

Switzerland

  Amira Shirazi:  Tel. 0041 79 640 64 44     amira.shirazi@hispeed.ch - www.amirashirazi.com
  Maya Farner:  Orient Dance Studio Maya
  www.mayafarner.com/
  Irene Von Salis: Tel. +41 -44 - 262 04 53
irenevs@freesurf.ch
- www.danseorientale.ch
  Oriental Dance Art ESMERAY
esmeray@bluewin.ch
- www.orient-danceart.ch


Brunella Sgarbi: Tel. 0041 91 6468169 Switzerland

Simone Gasser:                                             www.meissoun.ch

Samah Gayed: Tel. 0041 91 6494789         danzarelavita@hotmail.com  
                                                                       www.yabalady.com  

Germany

  Ute Dietz: Tel. 0911-262694  TanzBühne 
www.tanzbuehne.de
 
  Yolanda Bertolaso: Tel.: 017220 48149
Tanzpädagogik/Tanztherapie
  Yolanda@t-online.de


Belgium

  Yamila: Tel.+32 04 3795245 Liège

 

France

 

  Amana Studio, Paris 
amana@club.fr

 

Spain

  Samara Hayat: Tel. +34 656 306 717
samara@samarahayat.com
- www.samarahayat.com

 

Canada

  Jocelyne Khan
www.jocelynekhan.com

 

Prague

 

Michal Mach 
Centrum Orientálního Tance, Praha -
Historical dance researcher, choreographer and dancer.

 

Egypt

 

Osama Emam - Cairo -
He has started as a folklore dancer in Kaomeya Troupe. Presently, Osama is the choreographer, dancer and director of the Kaomeya Troupe. 

 

 

_________________________________________________ MAGAZINE 

 

Cairo Times  Egypt

Middle East Times newspaper 

TANZ Oriental Germany

Halima Germany 

Arabesque Journal

Aramco World

al-Jadid

Afsana  Finland  

Papyrus Magazine  Canada   

Caravan Magazine

Caravan Trails

Ghazala    United Kingdom

Belly Dance Magazine

Habibi Magazine

Jareeda Magazine U.S.A.

The Belly Dancer Magazine

The Chronicles Magazine

Zaghareet!

_________________________________________________ ARTICLES

Eternal Egypt http://www.eternalegypt.org 
This site is worthwhile visiting

www.rom.on.ca/egypt/case/about/gods.html

Articles by Nelly Mazloum 

Ottoman -  The Ottomans.org - 

Ottoman Women and the Visual Art 

Harem in the Ottoman Empire 

The World's Oldest Dance by Karol Henderson Harding 

The Origins of Oriental Dance 

Almeh  Belly Dance Museum

Baladi by Hossam Ramzy 

The Allure of the Belly-dance by Rasha Hamdy

 

Music and Dance in Ancient Egypt

 

Dance and Dancers in Ancient Egypt by Marie Parsons

 

The History of Why Women Have Danced Through the Ages by Julie Roberts

   

Oriental Dance: Myth and Reality - The Harem Slaves by Jalilah 

 

www.1000and1.de/english/culture/index.htm

 

Styles of Belly Dance in the United States By Shira


A dance by any other name.. By Jocelyne Khan

 

www.annekingston.com/pages/essay/ttessay.html

Motion and Emotion A study into the enduring appeal of Arabic Dance

 

 

 

 

_________________________________________________BOOKS

English & Greek

 

Livre Des Morts des Anciens Egyptiens
by Gregoire Kolpaktchy 
Omnuim Litteraire (1954)

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Pages D'Eyptologie
by Etienne Drioton 
La revue du Caire (1957)

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Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt
by R.T.Rundle Clark
Thames & Hudson Inc., (1991) 
ISBN 0-500-27112-7 

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Folk-Lore
Published by, the Center of Folk-Lore
The Ministry of Culture and National Guidance
Cairo (1960) 

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The Priests of Ancient Egypt
by Serge Sauneron (1960)
Grove Press, Inc. 

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The Blue Nile 

The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead (1962)
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

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Tutankhamen
by Christiane Desroches-Noblecout (1963)
Penguin Book (1989) ISBN 0-14-011665-6 

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Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak
by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea & Basima Bezirgan  (1978)
Univ of Texas Pr  ISBN 0-29-275041-2 

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The Muslim Painter and the Divine: The Persian Impact on Islamic Religious Painting
by Dr. Sarwat Okasha 
(Member of the Executive Council of UNESCO.)
Publisher: Park Lane (1981)
ISBN 0902935259

The Museum Painter And the Divine
Dr. Sarwat Okasha (1982)
Publisher: Park Lane

Tutankhamen, Life and death of a pharaoh. 
Preface by His Excellency Dr. Sarwat Okasha.
b
y DESROCHES-NOBLECOURT (Christiane) (1989)

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Cultural Terms: English-French-Arabic
by
Dr. Sarwat Okasha (Dec 1990)

Encyclopedia of Islamic Painting.[ Muwsu'at al-Tasweer Al-Islami].
by Dr. Sarwat Okasha (2001)
Publisher: Beirut: Librairie Du Liban

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Khul-Khaal
by Nayra Atiya  (1982) 
Amer Univ in Cairo Pr  ISBN  0-81-560181-6

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The House of Obedience
by Juliette Minces (1982)
Zed Books  ISBN 0-86-232063-1 

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Harem Years 

          by Hoda el Shaarawi (1987)
          Feminist Pr  ISBN 0-93-531271-4

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Beyond the Veil
by Fatima Mernissi (1987)
Indiana Univ Pr  ISBN 0-25-320423-2 

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A Street in Marrakesh
by Elizabeth W. Fernea (1988)
Waveland Press  ISBN  0-88-133404-9

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The Arab World 
by Elizabeth W. Fernea (1988)
Waveland Press ISBN 0-88-133404-9 

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Le Harem Imperial au XIXe Siecle

           by Leila Hanoum

           Editions Complexe (1991) 
           ISBN 2-87027-372-X

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Nelly Mazloum "Oriental Dance Technique"

           by Nelly Mazloum (1992) 
           ISBN 960-220-097-9
           

For more information contact: 
Andrewsbooks
P.O. Box 33018
930 North Park Drive,
Brampton, Ontario
L6S 3Y5
<andrewsbooks@BusinessMailBox.com>

      

The Veil & the Male Elite
by Fatima Mernissi  (1992)
Perseus Pr  ISBN 0-20-163221-7

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At the Drop of a Veil
by Marianne Alireza (1993)  
Buccaneer Books  ISBN 1568490135

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Looking For Little Egypt
by Donna Carlton (1995)
International Dance Discovery Books  
ISBN 0-96-239981-7 

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Price of Honor
by Jan Goodwin (1995)
Penguin USA  ISBN  0-45-227430-3

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A Trade Like Any Other
by Karin van Nieuwkerk  (1995)
Univ of Texas Pr  ISBN 0-29-278723-5

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Serpent of the Nile
by Wendy Buonaventura (1998)
Interlink Pub Group ISBN 1566563003

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Dances of the whole world 

by Alkis Raftis (1998)

ISBN 960-7204-15-8

 

Orientalist dance 

           by Alkis Raftis (2007)

           ISBN 960-7204-20-4

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Grandmother's Secrets
by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi (1999)
Interlink Pub Group  ISBN 156656302X
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Ancient Egyptian Dances
by Irena Lexova, 1935 - (2000)
Dover Publication, Inc.
ISBN 0-486-40906-6
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Wege ebnen zur Selbstakzep Tanz 

by Yolanda Bertolaso (2003)

ISBN 3-927260-13-4

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http://www.pointsoflight.com/belly_dancing_books.htm

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ΝΟΥΡΕΓΕΦ Όπως τον γνώρισα 

          Ροζίτα Σώκου (2003)

          Εκδόσεις ΚΑΚΤΟΣ

          ISBN 960-382-503-4

          kaktos@otenet.gr

          www.kaktos.com

 

O ΜΑΡΙΟΣ ΚΙ ΕΓΩ

© Copyright Ροζίτα Σώκου (2005)

Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη Α.Ε.

ISBN 960-03-4126-5

info@kastaniotis.com

www.kastaniotis.com

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The Chios Gum Mastic
by John Perikos 1993
jperikos@gummastic.gr

www.gummastic.gr


Η ΜΑΣΤΙΧΑ ΧΙΟΥ 
Γιάννης Περίκος 1995
TOUBI'S Editions (2006)
ISBN 960-87639-2-4
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Arabic Proverbs

            J.L. Burckhardt (1972)
            SBN 7007 0019 6

A dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs 

           Paul Lunde and Justin Wintle (1984)
           ISBN 0-7102-0179-6

 

 

 

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