Delineating Professional Belly Dance
DEBORAH NEWBERG is an oriental dancer (aka belly dancer, Raks Sharqi dancer, or Middle Eastern dancer), choreographer, director of the Saltanah Dancers, and a belly dance…
Finding Freedom in Palestine through Dance
An Interview with Shyrine Ziadeh BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Shyrine Ziadeh is the founder and director of the Ramallah Ballet Center, a ballet school in Ramallah, Palestine.…
Dance as Discourse in Palestine
An Interview with Samar King BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Samar King is an American Palestinian and the artistic director Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, a dance company based…
On Belly Dance and Cultural Appropriation
Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her…
The Belly Dancer’s Body
Editor’s note: Luna is an American belly dancer working in Cairo, Egypt. Her blog Kisses from Kairo is full of her musings and reactions to her…