Welcome! Please join us as we travel back in time to the North Beach district of San Francisco between the years 1957 through 1985. The 43 entertainers along this hallway will tell you their stories from their point of view. This was a vibrant period of Middle Eastern Performing Arts in San Francisco. These artists included, performing dancers and musicians, teachers and students in the arts community, costumers, club owners, bar tenders and wait staff, patrons, or sometimes a stripper or punk from a club next door.
We know that there are inconsistant facts between interviews, but we have left these for you, the reader, to reconcile. Hopefully, you will savor the different perpectives of the artists' and dancers' recollections, as the tantalizing spices of a favorite dish.
Please send your feedback, stories and photos to editor@gildedserpent.com.
Kirk
Templeton
Customer
Sultana
Dancer
Charismatic Sultana Changes North Beach
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take our self guided tour by strolling
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Names
are linked to their bio and listed underneath are listed articles involving
this person.
Excuse our dust! Remodeling always in progress.
A-F: Aida,
Amina, Asmahan, Aziza, Bert, Cruz, Dahlena, Elaine, ,
F-J:Fadil, Fatma,
Fouad, Galya, George Elias, George T
J-M: Jad, Jalal, Jamila, John, Kalifa,
Kirk, Latifa
M-S:Mark, Marliza, Naji, Najia, Nazir,
Nisima, Rhea
S-T:Sabah, Sadira,
Saida, Salah, Satrinya, Sausan, Shamira, Sultana
T-Z: Taka, Vince, Yasmin, Yousef, Zaharr
Aida
Dancer & Teacher
Incuded
in the stories of
Amina
Goodyear
Dancer & Teacher
Asmahan
Dancer & Teacher
Aziza
Dancer & Costumer
Bert Balladine
Dancer & Teacher
Cruz
Luna
Spanish
Dancer,
Teacher, & Club Owner
included in the stories of
Dahlena
Dancer & Teacher
Elaine
Waitress at
The Greek Taverna
Fatma Akef
Dancer
& Teacher
Sister of Naima Akef
Dancing
on the Edge
by Amina about Fatma
Dancers
I Have Known
by Aziza about
Fatma
Fouad Marzouk
Musician
Interviewed
George Elias (#1)
Club Owner
Musician
Jad's brother
Yousef's brother-in-law
George Elias (#2)
Musician
(called "George the
Jerk"
by some!)
George
T
Barker
now works at "Big Al's" on Broadway and Columbus
Musician, Club Owner &
Salah's brother
Jamila Salimpour
Dancer, Club Owner, &
Teacher
Mentioned
in many stories including
Jamila
and Yousef
by
Aziza!
The Jamila Experience
by Yasmela
Retro-trieving
by Sadira
My
Lessons with Jamila Salimpour (part
2)
by Satrinya/Masalima
Kalifa
Dancer
Latifa
Dancer &
Teacher
Marliza Pons
Dancer
Naji Baba
Musician
Teacher
TV Show Producer
Mentioned in stories by Vince, Najia and others
Najia
Dancer, Teacher, & Writer
Nisima
Dancer
Rhea
Dancer
& Teacher
Sadira
Dancer &
Teacher
Saida Asmar Dancer
& Teacher
Salah Takesh
Musician
&
Jalal's younger brother
Satrinya/
Masalima
Dancer
& Teacher
Sausan
Dancer
Shamira
Dancer &
Teacher
Vince Delgado
Musician
Yasmeen
Dancer &
Teacher
Yousef Mustafa
Musician
Musician & Club Owner
Mentioned
in many of the stories including
Jamila
and Yousef
Zaharr
Hayatti
Dancer
& Teacher
Zaharr's
Memoir,
Part 11- The
Minerva
