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New Articles on www.gildedserpent.com -Web Magazine for Mid East Performing Arts

• 7-19-05 Interview with Mahmoud Reda Part 1: The Beginning by Morocco
  The Ministry of Culture should be of help, not a source of problems. But anyway, they had control of all the theaters, so to find a theater we must go to them, but they gave us problems. I don’t know why; maybe they were jealous!
• 7-18-05 Rhythm and Reason Series, Article 3, Community Warfare by Mary Ellen Donald
  Time and again I hear dancers deplore the fact that in many parts of the country there are warring camps among dancers; that is, groups that openly oppose each other and that try to keep all useful information and all jobs to themselves.
• 7-18-05 Cairo Carnival 2005 Page 1 June 11-12, 2005, Glendale, California photos by Lynette
  Please help us identify faces. Thanks!
• 7-17-05 Hadia Speaks: a Telephone Interview by Erica
  Hadia’s experience is that, although many dancers in Middle Eastern countries are wonderful artists, they generally lack the skills to teach in an effective, methodical, safe way.
• 7-16-05 The Junior Division of the The Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition photos by Lynette
  Ages 10-17 years, held Saturday, February 19, 2005, in Long Beach, California
• 7-15-05 "Ya Mustapha!": A Song Conquers the World by Meissoun
  One of the most covered songs of the last 50 years is not from the Beatles but an old Oriental folk song.
• 7-12-05 Belly Dancer of the Year 2005 Finals photos by Monica and Susie, held May 28, 2005, San Ramon, California.
• 7-5-05 Sirat Al-Ghawazi, Part 6 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.
• 7-5-05 Belly Dancer of the Year 2005 Preliminaries photos by Monica, held May 28, 2005, San Ramon, California.
• 6-30-05 Ahlan wa Sahlan 2005 Begins
  Shira is back at Raqia's Cairo festival again this year. Many improvements noted!

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