Helwa and five other Bay Area dancers pose with Egyptian star Nagwa Fouad, after performing with her at the Second Academic Symposium on Middle Eastern Dance Orange County, California, May 2001

http://www.casbahdance.org/   -- Morocco is one of the most knowledgeable dancers in the world – about history of the art form and culture. 

http://www.shira.net – The Art of Middle Eastern Dance – by Shira, a local dancer who has collected all kinds of resources here.  Her links are great and this site is huge.  By far the best local site and I would guess in the top 5 in the world for belly dance.

For costumes and accessories – best prices for the quality is http://www.scheherazadeimports.com/ or call 804-749-3480 (Virginia)

http://www.rashid.com/enter.asp - If Rashid music doesn’t have it, no one does!

http://www.dahlal.com -- Dahlal carries  well made and beautiful costume pieces and a good assortment of music.  You can find most of my music recommendations here as well as at Rashid.

http://www.visionarydance.com   -- Delilah of Seattle, an awesome performer, has nice instructional videos and offers fun dance retreats to Hawaii

http://aswandancers.com  -- Amina is a great San Francisco-based teacher of Egyptian-style bellydance and is the principal founder of the Giza Club, which offers local dancers all kinds of culture-related activities.

http://mediterraneosf.com/ -- Mediterraneo Productions brings world-class performing artists from the Mediterranean regions of North Africa, Europe, Turkey and the Middle East to perform and teach in the greater San Francisco Bay Area

http://www.reelsoundandlight.com/  Carl Sermon – THE photographer of the San Francisco Bay Area Orientale dance community

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