Gilded Serpent presents...
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Arabesque cover w Bobby
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Arabesque
Publisher-Ibrahim Farrah, Editor Nina Costanza
Office Location- New York
1st Issue - 1975, Last issue- December 1997
Mission Statement / Coverage- To include information on all ethnic dance forms as they relate and interconnect to Middle Eastern Culture
Subscribers- (stated) 3000
Rates- $25
Issues per year- 6
Notes: from Nina- "The mission statement I think should be a little broader as he published all kinds of things on the culture and its politics and conflicts - both locally and internationally. "
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Belly Dance: A
Raqs Sharqi Magazine
Publisher- Liliana
Office Location- Burbank, CA
1st Issue- June 2007- summer issue
Mission Statement, coverage- Our focus is to create a publication
that will explore the many facets of traditional and modern belly dance
and Middle Eastern-influenced music that reaches out to talented dancers
and musicians in our beloved state of California and throughout the USA.
Subscribers- ?
Rates- $32
Issues per year-4
Contact- info@bellydancemag.com, http://www.bellydancemag.com/ |
Autumn 2008 issue, #5
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Bellydance Japan
Publisher
Office Location- Tokyo, Japan
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage-
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
Contact: belly@ikaros.co.jp |
unknown actual size, graphic borrowed from publisher's website
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Bellydance Oasis Magazine
Publisher- Alma Sarhan
Office Location-Fremantle WA, Australia
1st Issue
Mission statement, coverage-We aim to promote the art of 'bellydance' and to
educate the community about this skilful varied form of dance. We aim to be a
platform on which members of the dance community can exchange ideas and get to
know each other across this wide land.
# of Subscribers
Rates- $36/46
Issues per year -4
Contact- http://www.bellydanceoasis.com/index.html
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issue #4, 1975- on cover- Melaina |
1976- issue #9 May/June,
Rafael and Juliana on cover |
March/ April 1979
"Cover story- Belly Dance Art" |
Belly Dancer Magazine
Publisher- Sula Frick, bought from Sula's husband
after Sula died.
then Yassmeen
Samara
Office Location- Walnut Creek, California, then Los
Altos, California
First issued as Newsletter in 1974, magazine format
on third issue, Jan/Feb 1975.
Mission statement, coverage: "The Magazine Belly Dance World"
Subscribers-?
Rates-?
Issues per year-
Published Bi-Monthly in , size-.5 x 11
list of staff writers in 1979-Staff: Aisha, Alexina, Magana
Baptiste, Mimi Delgado,
Mary Ellen Donald, Mara, Najia Marlyz, Melaina, Nakish, Andrea Naru, Kathryn
Khadija Rabanne, Samia Sahira, Sheebah, Taka,
Articles- Feiruz
tells how MECDA began for the Gilded Serpent |
 Belly Dancer Magazine
Publisher- Zaina Hart
Office Location- Washington
1st Issue- Summer 2003- size- half page, Last print
publication- Winter 2007-8.5 x 11
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
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 Belly Divas
Publisher: Sabina Zaida & Nabila Sabha
Office Location: Berlin, Germany
1st Issue:
Mission Statement / Coverage:
Subscribers:
Rates: $7 per issue
Issues per year- 4 issues available
Contact: nabila@bazar-oriental.de
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 Bennu
Publisher- Gamila el Masri
Office Location- New York
1st Issue-1999- last Issue- 2006
Mission Statement, coverage-Bennu is the Middle Eastern Dance enthusiast's
treasure trove of cultural information
relating to Middle Eastern Dance in all its forms.
Subscribers-
Rates- $18- $32 a year
Issues per year- started as quarterly then to 3 times a year.
Contact- still
available on CD and ebook! 2
discs collection of 8 issues for $45- all other CD rom books are $13
Articles- reprints of Bennu Articles-
Dances Along the Nile
Part One: Raqs Al Assaya by Gamila El Masri-
Cane
Dances Along the
Nile Part Two: Raqs Al Balas by Gamila
El Masri- Pot
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1985,
Najia on cover |
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Caravan
Publisher-Shalimar Serene
Office Location Acworth, Georgia
First Issue- 1984 as half size with tan cover expanding to full
size publication in September 1992, Last issue-?
Mission statement, coverage-"Middle Eastern or Belly Dance arts and those dance
forms that interact with Middle Eastern or Belly Dance in some way. Shalimar
Serene emphasizes "calling a spade a spade", setting The Caravan
apart from being just another trade publication."
Subscribers
Rates-1994- $18-1994, 2002-$21
Issues per year-6
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 Chronicles
Publisher- Isis
Office Location- Bedford, Texas
1st issue- 2002
Mission statement, coverage- promoting not just the ancient art of Middle Eastern
Dance, but celebrating its defining history, the exciting changes of the present
time and the creative dreams if the future. We support grass roots growth of
this amazing art form in America, not only promoting the East and West coasts,
but also in the middle of the country and around the world. 5013c non-profit.
Subscribers
Rates- $32
Issues per year-4
Contact
http://www.isisandthestardancers.com/CHRONICLES/Chronicles.htm |
Clyde's Guide, Resource Directory
Publisher- Sausan
Office Location- San Francisco, CA
1st issue- April 1993, last issue -1997?
Mission Statement / coverage- Each of the 5 issues covered
a specific area- 1993- Contests, 1994 Publications (some of the
info on this page came from this issue), 1995- festivals, 1996-Seminars & Gala
Shows, 1997- Sausan's products?
Subscribers
Rates- free, supported by advertisers
Issues per year-1
Contact- some back issues are still available |
November 1986
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Spring 2000
On Cover- Marta Schill, Pauline Hodgson, Arnie Larner, Helen Kelso
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Cymbal (and Happenings,
Directory)
Publisher- MECDA (Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association)
in 1994- Carolyn Harper president of MECDA that year, Marta
Schill was the editor
Office Location- Rosemead, California
1st issue- 1986? first issue was in 1979 as calendar & newsletter
and evolved into multipage magazine.
last issue-Cymbal's
last 2 years was included in Habibi x 1 (spring 2005) and then Chronicles
magazine as "Cymbal Digest" 2005,
2006.
In 2007 board voted to stop printing Cymbal.
Mission Statement / Coverage-"Originally developed to provide
MECDA news to members, it now features any MED news coming to our attention.
Cymbal is a forum for member to express their thoughts"
Cymbal was published quarterly- articles,
glossy cover.
Happenings was the basic Calendar- published monthly. very simple, blue
cover, fact sheet - 11 x 17 staple at spine. Evolved into 5
x 7 over time, sometimes on Newsprint.
Directory- yearly publication- MECDA members and not, members had free
listing, cost more for more elaborate listing.
Subscribers- Los Angeles is primarily coverage also included
other states too. In 1994- MECDA had 445 members
Rates- member dues in '94 - $25
Issues per year 4
MECDA started in 1977, eventually had 18 chapters.
2009- Directory is a list online- with no photos, Cymbals is no more, Happenings
is sent by email?
Articles- Feiruz
tells how MECDA began for the Gilded Serpent
Marta
shares her version of MECDA history for the Gilded Serpent |
Edition 2
March-May 2005
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Dancearabic
Publisher- Jane Moyle
Office Location- Gloucestershire, England
1st Issue- January 2005?
Mission Statement / Coverage-
Subscribers
Subscription Rates- 10 pounds
Ad Rate Sample- 1/4 page- 5- 6 pounds
Issues per year- 4
Contact |
May /June 1984 |
Fantasia
Publisher- George and Fayza Mosley
Office Location- Seattle, Washington,
1st Issue-
Mission Statement / Coverage- "The Belly Dancers' Journal"
Subscribers
Rates: subscription- $10.50 /14 per year
Issues per year- Bi-Monthly
Staff Writers: Fayza Mosley, Zubaidah, Sultra, Shiamara
Size: 5.5 x 8.25,
Black and White |
'fuse': A Tribal and Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Magazine
Publisher- Ms. Zuza
Office Location- Minneapolis, Minnesota
1st Issue date- Fall 2010
Mission Statement- Let ‘fuse’ be your muse! ‘fuse’ magazine is devoted to the creativity, artistry, and beauty that defines the Tribal and Fusion belly dance communities. ‘fuse’ is for the Tribal Fusion artist inside all of us!
Rates- $35 US/$50 International for print, $15 per year online
Issues per year- 4
Contact- www.fusetribalmag.com |
June 1996, 1st issue
Fifi Abdou on cover |
Gawharat El Nil Magazine
Founders: Rakia Hassan,
Ahmed Diaa-has a costume shop, and main force, Ahmed Khalil-(assistant
to Ahamed, spoke some English)
Publisher & Editor in Chief: Adel Abdel Samad
Office Location: Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
1st Issue: June 1996
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates: Yearly Subscription-Europe- $40, US- $50, Australia,
Japan, and other- $60,
advertising- as agreed with management
Size: 8x11
Issues per year
Contact
Note- compare staff list to Raks Sharki magazine below |
| Habibi - http://www.habibimagazine.com/ |
Community Project: Index of Habibi Articles.
Do
you have old issues sitting in your closet? Help our
community by adding to
this
list on Google Docs. |
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Publisher- "Emira" McKane- was the editor for the
first four issues and then Lynn or Atesh
& RC
Zalot (Lynn- did most of the work!)
Office Location- Palo Alto, California
1st issue- October 1974, 1992 offered to Shareen
byline-Middle Eastern Dance Music News Entertainment
# of Subscribers- (For a while- 70-80s they had enough that Bob said
he could have retired.)
Rates $.75 per issue,
Issues per year- 12
Middle Easter Affairs editor (desk) - Edwina Nearing
Articles- Sadira remembers Lynn Zalot and the creation of Habibi Magazine
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2nd issue of Habibi- November
size- 11.5 x 17.5
Soheir Majdi on cover
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Publisher- Shareen El Safy
Office Location- Santa Barbara, California
time period- 1992-2002, editor in chief for Jennifer
in 2003
Mission statement, coverage-Shareen envisions H as "journal
of our development of MED as an art form, a channel for expression of
ideas and knowledge as dancers continue to explore the scope of the
dance and related arts." professionalism,
articulation, education, diplomacy, inclusion, support.
# of Subscribers
Rates $18
Issues per year-4
news!:
Ron Iverson says -"A digital version
of past issues is planned for later this year. " (2009)
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original cover format, transition 1993 from Bob Zalot to Shareen. Bob is on this
cover
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Shareen cover format
size- 10.5 x 14.5
Nadia Hamdi on cover
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Publisher-Jennifer James-Long
Office Location- Eugene, Oregon
ownership 2003-2005?
byline- "Bellydance, Health, Inner Beauty"
# of Subscribers
Rates-$21.95 US
Issues per year-4
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8.5 x 11
Neon on Cover
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Publisher- Stella Grey
Office Location-New York
Last issue- Fall/ Winter, 2006/2007
byline-"Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts"
# of Subscribers
Rates: annual US- $32, non US-$52
Issues per year-4
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Last Issue
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January 1995
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Halima
Publisher- Brigette Baldinger
Office Location- Nurnberg, Germany
1st Issue-1988
Mission Statement / Coverage- Fachzeitschrift (!) for oriental dance
Subscribers-
Rates
Issues per year- 4
Contact - http://www.halima.de/ |
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2008 cover
Unmata on cover
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Jareeda
Publisher- Mezdulene
Office Location- Coos Bay, Oregon
1st Issue
-1980- Laurie Muir was first editor, then Mish Mish, , then Debra Johnson,
Chris Gowen, Halima (who changed the format to contemporary magazine) and in
January 1994 Mez became owner and editor.
Mission statement, coverage- to educate, inform, and provide a networking system
connection MED aficionados on an international level. Mez wants to keep a positive
image of BD through Jareeda.
Subscribers
Rates-
Issues per year- 4, no color yet in 1994, color inside since 2003. 2013- format change coming.
contact: mezdulene@jareeda.com
http://www.jareeda.com/ |
Nr 2: April 2005
Barbie Doll in lovely costume on cover
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Layali El Shark
Publisher- Zeina & Mohammed
Office Location- Stockholm, Sweden
1st Issue-
Mission Statement / Coverage- non profit member
journal of the Egypt Cultural Center dance school
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
Contact
In Swedish |
Lottus Blotter
Publisher
Office Location Germany
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
Contact |
Mid-Bits
Publisher- Mayada
Office Location- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1st Issue
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Mission Statement / Coverage- celebrating the Canadian Middle Eastern
Dance Experience
Subscribers
Rates- $30/$35
Issues per year-4
Contact : mayada@rogers.com |
Vol 6, #11- August 1985,
Special Health and Beauty Issue
Cover Artist- Ricardo
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Middle Eastern Dancer
Publisher & Founding Editor- Alziza
Office Location- Casselberry, Florida.
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage "The International Monthly Magazine of Middle
Eastern Dance & Culture"
Subscribers
Rates- Subscription rate- $15 year,
Issues per year- monthly
Contact |
Mar/Apr/May 1982, Vol II, n 1
Bert Balladine on cover with kid friend
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Mirage
Publisher- Soroya
Office Location-Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Subscription Rates- $8/year (2 more if outside US)
Issues per year-4
Contact
Article-Interview with
Soroya- "I published
my magazine for four years and had subscribers in 42 states, including
Germany and Sweden." |
Mosaic Magazine
Publisher
Office Location- UK
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
Contact- http://www.mosaicdance.org/magazine.htm |
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 NADA
Publisher- Liz Jarrett
Office Location- UK
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year- 3
Contact: http://www.nada.uk.com/Magazine.asp |
 Nafisa Magazette
Publisher- Halame
Office Location- New Cuyama, California
1st issue -1982, began as newletter for Halame's students to 30 subscribers for
$3 per year quarterly
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers- 300 copies printed of each issue now.
Rates- $.50 year
Issues per year |
News from the Hip
Publisher: Stephanie Sandmeyer
Location: Portland, Oregon
1st Issue: November 2012
Mission Statement: News from the Hip is a quarterly journal reflecting and supporting the evolution of bellydance and its cultural foundations throughout the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. The journal strives to bring its readers a thoughtful and entertaining view on belly dance as a practice and an art form. We are dedicated to creating a relevant and worthwhile read for belly dancers and bellydance enthusiasts alike.
Rates: $35 full year subscription (four issues) $10 per single issues
Issues per year: Four
Contact: http://www.newsfromthehip.com/
Email: info@newsfromthehip.com |
Amani on cover, May 1996
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November 1996
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Orient Magazin
Publisher- Georg Niedrich
Office Location- Koln, Germany
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage- Dance, Art, and Culture of the Middle
East
Subscribers
Subscription Rates- 38 DM/ foreign add 8 DM for postage
Issues per year- 4
Contact
Bilingual: German and English |
Issue 29: December 2001
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Palace
Publisher- Amera
Office Location- Newtown, NSW, Australia
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage- Australia's leading Middle Eastern Dance
and music publication. Our aim is to enhance the profile of MED
within Australia.
Subscribers
Rates-
Ad Rate Sample- 1/4 page- $55
Issues per year-?
Contact |
 Papyrus
Publisher-Lucia Vendittoli (AFRA)
Office Location- Montreal or Quebec City
1st Issue
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers -500?
Rates -$30 per year
Issues per year- 4
Contact- http://www.magiebaladi.com/papyrus/index.html
Yasmina Ramzy- "beautifully done, intelligent articles,
glossy, full colour but primarly in French" |
July 2003, Judeen on cover
pink cardstock cover, 5.5x8.5"
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Papyrus
Publisher- SAMEDA-San Diego Middle Eastern Dance
Association, president- Sohaila, editor- Eben Brooks Rosenberger
Office Location-San Diego, CA
1st Issue- ?
Mission Statement / Coverage "SAMEDA's News & Views"
Subscribers
Rates- SAMEDA membership in 2003- $20 per year, 1/2 page ad- $15/25
Issues per year- 12?
Contact |
First issue- January 1997
Farida Fahmy on Cover
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Raks Sharki
Publisher- Board of directors- Ahmend Diaa Elden, Ahmen Khalil, Kethe
A Koudsi, Chief Editor- Adel Abdel Samad
Office Location- Mohammed Ali Street, Cairo
1st Issue- January 1997, last issue?
Mission Statement / Coverage-
Subscribers
Rates- US, Canada, & Mexico- $45, Europe- $40, Japan, Australia, South
America- $59, elsewhere $60
Ad rates- to be agreed upon with management- else where in magazine- 1/4
page is $.45
Issues per year-?
Contact |
Raks South Africa
Publisher - Senta and Warren Duffield
Office Location - Durban Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
1st Issue- date October-December 2009
Mission Statement / Coverage - Raks SAfrica includes features on the Oriental dance festivals, South African & international competitions, performances as well as the latest fashions, hot trends, Oriental cuisine, food & restaurants. Coverage includes resourceful information such as the health and psychological benefits of the dance, as well as cultural and literary information on the magazine’s featured country, and much, much more.
Subscribers -#
Rates - R145 or (jan 2012- US $18.50 + postage)
Issues per year 4
Contact - Subscriptions: director@raksafrica.co.za, Listings and Advertising marketing@raksafrica.co.za
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 Saudi Aramco World
Publisher
Office Location- Houston, Texas
1st Issue-
Mission Statement / Coverage- not a dance mag but a culture
magazine that every Bellydancer should get!
Subscribers
Rates- FREE!
Issues per year-6
contact- http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/about.us/subscriptions/
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200901/ |
 Shimmy
in the Spirit of Bellydance Magazine
Publisher- Holly Luky
Office Location- Sedona, Arizona
1st Issue- 1st issue summer 2009!
Mission Statement / Coverage-Shimmy... In The Spirit of Bellydance is
dedicated to bringing our audience a new style of dance magazine
that encompasses many different areas of interest, including travel, health,
fitness, food and business as well as the latest information on
belly dance events.
Subscribers-?
Rates-$34
Issues per year- 6
Contact- http://www.shimmyspiritofdance.com |
1990? Moontaj on cover
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Nov/Dec 1995 Aziza Sa'id on Cover
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Shimmy Chronicles
Publisher- Mercedes Jones
Office Location- Denver Colorado
1st Issue-?
Mission Statement / Coverage- "..belly dancing
publication featuring current calendar events, latest news on dancers,
articles, opinions and advertising"
Subscribers
Subscription Rates- 1990-$10, 1995- $24/26
Ad Rate Sample: 1/4 page- In 1990- $4
Issues per year- 6
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February 1997, Costume Special
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Sistrum
Publisher- Maria Masselos
Office Location-Stafford City, Queensland, Australia
1st issue - 1995? last issue?
Mission statement, coverage- "Sistrum Magazine of Oriental Dance and Music in
Austalasia, registered in Queensland in 1995"
Subscribers-?
Subscription Rate- $25/30/40
Advertising Rate Sample- 1/4 page- $40
Issues per year- 5
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May 2000 Volumne 4 #2
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Tribal Talk
Publisher- Carolena Nericcio
Office Location- San Francisco, Ca
1st Issue-
Mission Statement / Coverage- "The Voice of FatChanceBellyDance"
Subscribers
Subscription Rates- $15/25
Sample Ad rate- 1/4 page $20
Issues per year-4
Contact- nadia@sirius.com |
TANZ Oriental
Publisher
Office Location- Germany
1st Issue- 1992?
Mission Statement / Coverage
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year-6, in German
Contact- http://www.tanzoriental.de |
 Wiggle Hips
Publisher-"Two Old Bags" Janie Midgley
and Chris Proebstel
Office Location- Sun Valley, Nevada
1st issue - 1995?
Mission Statement / Coverage- dedicated to the joy of bellydancing
and the joy it brings others
Subscribers
Rates
Issues per year
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Cover photo Oct/Nov 1989: Nakhla
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Wind & Spirit
Publisher & Editor in Chief: Linda Soloman
Office Location- Parkchester Station, Bronx, New York
1st issue
Mission statement, coverage- "The Magazine of Middle
Eastern Dance"
Subscribers
Rates- in 1979- $9.97/11.97
Issues per year- Bi-Monthy
Size: 8.5 x 11
Shiny cover in Black and White
Contact |
Yalla
Publisher- Jackie Tucker- Nika
Office Location- Boca Raton, Florida
1st issue
-Fall 2008?
Mission Statement / Coverage- to promote the stylistic fusion
and growth of Belly dance extensively throughout the Florida dance
community.
Subscribers
Rates- $16
Issues per year-4
Contact
http://www.yallahmagazine.com/home.html |
 Zaghareet
Publisher-Sept 1996- Sept 1997 Avanha and Taaj, Sept 1997 to Jan
2001 Taaj - March 2001 to present Sharina
Office Location-Sept 1996 featuring Delilah on the cover.
1st issue:- 1991 patterned after Halame's Nafisa
Mission Statement / Coverage: American Pub with ME
focus. Not only a BD pub but one about biz, events, musicians, food, lifestyles,
troupes, books videos, and more. Most of all we would like this to be about people
rather than stars.
Subscribers:
Rates: 2009- $30
Issues per year: 6
Contact:
Updated: May 2009 by Taaj
Inconsistant information- Publisher-1994- Shahar-Carla
in Salinas, Ca*, 1st issue
- 1991 patterned after Halame's Nafisa
http://www.zaghareet.freeservers.com/ |
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