Here is an amazingly detailed book that
will help you understand Arab culture and protocols better. I obtained
it from my local library. It is quite antiquated, but very interesting.
Books by reputed Dancers/Researchers
This definitive handbook by Josephine Wise is highly reccommended
Buy it here
The Iconic Morrocco. Fountain of knowledge and wisdom generously shared
Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity edited by Caitlin E. McDonald, Barbara Sellers-Young
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Ancient
Egyptian Dances
Female Singers and Dancers
in Egypt
Irena Lexova
Buy
from Amazon
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| Sacred
Woman, Sacred Dance
Awakening Spirituality Through Dance
and Ritual
Iris J Stewart
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| The
Book of Arabic Wisdom
Proverbs and Anecdotes
compiled by Hussain M Al-Amily
Buy from New
Internationalist
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A
Trade Like Any Other
Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt
Karin Van Nieuwkerk
Scholarly research into world of female
Egyptian entertainers
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| Belly
Dancing: Unlock the Secret Power of an Ancient Dance
Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi
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from Amazon
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Arabesque
Jewish-Egyptian writer and Historian, Claudia
Roden, has produced a cookery book, containing anecdotes
that you might enjoy!
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Costuming Books
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There is a free booklet by Dawn
Devine Brown
which has almost everything you need to know about costuming.
The booklet is a PDF and can be downloaded for free. You will
also find on Dawn’s website a list of books to buy but
one that you may find particularly interesting is Costuming
from the Hip. The book is an introduction and overview of
Middle Eastern costume design. Dawn talks about colours, costuming
styles and what suits your body type. She also has a wide
range of books if you are a skilled at sewing.
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From the archives
'Al Raqs Al Sharqi: an historical perspective of the dance'
S Hilal
Raqs Sharqi Today, vol 1
'Reflexions sur la danse artistique musulmane
au moyen age'
Cahiers de civilisation medievale, vol 5, 1962, pp 463-474
Dance in Medieval Muslim courts
'Female
Entertainment in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Egypt'
Karin Van Nieuwkerk
MERA
papers, Amsterdam 1990
ISBN 90-72985-06-0
'Les musicians du Nil'
Alain Weber
Dansons, magazine special issue, April 1993
ISSN 1155-228
'Ghawazi
on the edge of extinction'
E Nearing
Hilal School of Raqs Sharqi, Newsletter 4-5 1995
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