Gilded Serpent presents...
Rakkasah '01
March 23-25
Richmond, CA
photo sampling...more to come later

photos and layout by Zuzu

Suhaila: Scorches on Sunday! Scandalizes, then reassures us with a lovely taksim by Fathi Aljarrah of Syria.

Jamilla Al Wahid: Kicks It Up

Dalia Carella: Our Favorite Gypsy Queen Leila Haddad: Dazzles in Silence

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6-13-01 Rakkasah 2001 Festival West: Sunday Photos by Susie Poulelis
Alexandria, Momo Kadous, Soraya, Leila Haddad, Elana, Suhaila, Jamila, Dhyanis....

6-11-01 Bellydancer of the Year Pageant May 19th, 2001 Editorial by GS staff Photos by Susie Poulelis
A well produced event with talented performers, the Pageant afforded us the luxury to sit back, enjoy the dancing and philosphize the genre.

6-4-01 Rakkasah 2001 Festival, West: Saturday Photos by Susie Poulelis
Shoshanna, more Dalia, Good Vibrations, Lunatique, Morocco, and more

5-28-01 Rakkasah 2001 Festival, West: Friday Night Photos by Susie Poulelis
Leila Haddad, Elena Lentini, Dalia Carella, Near Eastern Dance Company and more. Saturday and Sunday coming soon.

5-16-01 Yousef Mustafa, Master of Percussion by Jawahare
When the musicians came from Egypt we promoted this type of music for the shows here too. So, now it has become more popular.