The Masked Marauder in the turban Part 3, why don't you use Photo No. 21, me on the horse in the ruins, in the background

Begun in the mid-1970's , the early sections of "Sirat Al-Ghawazi" were first published under the title "The Mystery of the Ghawazi" in Habibi Magazine. The author, orientalist Edwina Nearing (writing under the nom de guerre "Qamar el-Mulouk"), intended the series to be an investigative report on what Lady Duff Gordon in 1865 called "the real dancing girls of Egypt." Now, in the decades since Nearing's Ghawazi series first appeared, it has itself become a part of history, its people, places and events almost as exotic and remote as those described in the 19th century works the author drew upon for background information. "The Mystery of the Ghawazi" was reprinted in 1984 by popular demand and updated in a 1993 article, "Ghawazi on the Edge of Extinction." Since then, most of Nearing's Ghawazi material has been out of print. Gilded Serpent is happy to be able to respond to the continued demand for these articles by making them available to our readers worldwide.

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Surplus
1] - surplus- 1860, not lanes time	2] -1890- surplus-- used in part 10
3] surplus ---used in part 10	4] -gerome- surplus
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6] - surplus	7] - gerome surplus
	8] - early- 1810 use in epilogue- doesn't fit elsewhere
9] Edwina- in the holiday in akaba, jordan, ~1988
Photos for Epilogue
10] - THE BEE, epilogue
11] -epiloge	12] epilogue
13] -epiloge	14] epilogue
	15] Dancing with Kharriya, where? use? 1990, post anything described in the aritcle.
Used
photos below from folder- graphics25 on gs used in "Khariyya struggles"	used in "Khariyya struggles" use again in part 3- Second Paragraph: Use photo of Faiza in vest-and-skirt outfit from "Khairiyya Mazin Struggles..." article. Caption: "Faiza, a ghaziyya cousin of Khairiyya Mazin, mid-1980s. The costume is still basically the type worn in the mid-1970s, when this part of "Sirat al-Ghawazi" was written. However, the "currents of change" referred to by the author would indeed soon seep this away; by the late 1980s, most ghawazi were wearing long gowns, and the type of costume shown in this photo disappeared entirely in the 1990s, supplanted entirely by the long gowns."
	The Masked Marauder in the turban
fathyya, ferial, and su'ad, khariyya's 3 older pictures , the orginal banat mazin dancers, part 6 or 7 wiht interivew with kahairyya in her house, description of dance	Khairiyya at around 18 years old used in "Khariyya struggles" and part3

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1-3-04 Khairiyya Mazin Struggles to Preserve Authentic Ghawazi Dance Tradition by Edwina Nearing
But when Khairiyya Mazin retires, one of the most distinctive traditions of Ghawazi dance may come to an end.

2-11-04 Sirat Al-Ghawazi, Part 1 by Edwina Nearing
Begun in the mid-1970's , the early sections of "Sirat Al-Ghawazi" were first published under the title "The Mystery of the Ghawazi." We are happy to be able to respond to the continued demand for these articles by making them available to our readers worldwide.
Part 2 -- 1976 posted 5-16-04
Part 3 - 1976 posted 8-8-04
Part 4 - 1976 posted 9-12-04
Part 5 - 1976 Posted 2-10-04
Part 6 - 1976 posted 7-5-05
Part 7 - 1976 posted 9-5-05
Part 8 - 1976 posted12-3-05
Part 9 - 1977 posted 1-?-06