My Story - Roula Said

My journey to bellydance has been a great challenge to articulate and is long overdue. What do I share and what do I keep private? I have always sought an authentic voice in my work, yet have kept...

My Story - Chantal Dos Santos

I was 22 and was looking for a new way to get in shape. I found a bellydance studio very close to where I was living in Toronto at the time. The first thing I loved was the music, so I started down...

Article by George Sawa

... a fascinating translation of some very old texts relating to the aesthetics of Arabic dance and music, by my beloved teacher, George Sawa The Required Qualities of Dancers from the Oratio...

Controversial but Important...

Serpent of the Nile contains a beautiful and inspiring collection of photographs and art - from modern cabaret dancers to Orientalist paintings.  It has become sort of a "bible of bellyda...

Great Music Site

This is my new favourite music site.  Lots of amazing artists old and new with great samples and bios...even some very rare offerings from the likes of the great Sayyid Darwish and the exquisi...