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" L A ....... B I B L I O T E C A ..... /A L .... M A K T A B A...../ L A ....B I B L I O T H E Q U E ...... /T H E ..... L I B R A R Y ...... .. " :Some Resources/websites for Middle Eastern, Flamenco, Zambra Mora Dance, Articles and Events:www.shira.net, www.afraalkahira.com , www.myspace.com/dawnobrien , www.darshandances.com, www.bellygroove.com, www.puellalunaris.com (zambra mora), www.emmapyke.co.uk, www.letsbellydance.co.uk , www.rachelbrice.com, www.jasminjahal.com, www.ishtar.tv ,www.ameltafsout.com, www.romani.org , www.pedraltadance.com, , www.maria.amaya.com (zambra mora) , www.fcbd.com, www.esflamenco.com, www.people.tribe.net/maureen-theresa, www.strongdancer.com, www.romani.org (Romani cultures, histories, dance and linguistics) www.casbahdance.org, www.myspace.com/khalgani , www.sabihah.netSome of these sites have links too......................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ .......................Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Resource site: for history, culture, news etc- www.home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Library/library.html .... Get your own slideshow on RingoRingo - Photo Sharing Made Easy
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love bellydancing and flamenco, which I both started in 1998.I love dancing and researching all sorts of styles- Egyptian cabaret: folk/saaidi, Turkish cabaret, Turkish Rom, Dunyavi (World) Gypsy , ATS (American Tribal), Moroccan schikhatt, Tunisian and learning/exploring styles, newer to me: Zambra Mora ( a form of flamenco, which was originally part of Gitano weddings in the Sacramento Hills, Spain, and has been developed in many Bellydance communities, as a form of Spanish-Arabic/bellydance fusion ), Berber Styles, West African dance, Tribal fusion and so on.I absolutely adore flamenco, even if it's quite a challenge, but a challenge worth pursuing. With both both flamenco and bellydance, I enjoy the various friendships, the travelling,the performances, the learning,the appreciation of the cultures, histories and the art! ; DI started teaching monthly Middle eastern dance classes, in June 2003.I teach English as a second and a foreign language at a college, so I work with a lot of foreign students, or people settled here, whose first language is not English. I like to write in my spare time- mainly articles on Middle eastern/Flamenco dance/culture/histories/arts//literature/ dance anthropology etc. I love drawing and illustrating too. I often write for Middle eastern dance magazines in the Uk and also websites. I'd like to try my hand at creative writing.I have many other interests including cinema/foreign cinema/languages/ different cultures, Moorish history/culture and arts,music, reading (anything!) the Arts,complementary medicine, socialising with good friends, good, intelligent converstion, the cafe culture, doing voluntary work with Oxfam, and so on.Sometimes I can be quiet and reflective, but I am friendly, sensitive and energetic; I love the company of good, kind, fun humorous and caring friends. I appreciate sensitivity, depth, generosity, humour and intelligence and learning from everyone!

My Interests

Middle eastern dance, flamenco,music, different cultures, the arts, reading, writing and illustrating, socialising with good friends, eating out, cinema/foreign cinema, languages, (french and spanish, English linguistics) complementary medicine, anthropology, current affiars, soci-politics,Moorish histories, arts and cultures,, Middle Eastern/North African art, cultures, history and current affairs cultures, and many more!

I'd like to meet:

Good friends. Fun people. Networker. I'd also like to write and share small articles/blogs/ideas on Middle eastern dance, flamenco, culture, art, history, current /social affairs and so on. I hope ,one day people's perceptions about Middle eastern /bellydance can be gradually and thoughtfully challenged!Anyone who has a bit about them, be it courage, sense of humour, humanity etc .Famous (if only!!): Nelson Mandela, Alice Walker, bell hooks, Bianca Jagger (peace activist) Harold Pinter.Famous dancers: Carolena Nericcio, Rina Rall (such a beautiful dancer!) Suhaila Salimpour, Dalia Carella, Artemis Mourat, Joaquin Cortes,Would have loved to have met Josephine Baker, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X Carmen Amaya (world famous flamenco dancer) Leonardo Da Vinci ,Rosa ParkesThere are so many interesting people out there.....I can't think of any more! x

Music:

Middle eastern, flamenco, World music, old jazz (1920's) some chart music, some classical music, anything, and it depends on my mood too! ; )

Movies:

Some like it Hot, The Italian Job, Dead Calm, Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, Romauld et Juliette, Donnie Darko, The Shining (!!!!) The Sting, Three colours (red, white and blue) Amelie, Le Placard Martin Guerre , animation, anime etc, Chinese films, Spanish films, Independant films, horror films (!!) I love Pirates of the Caribbean.....

Television:

Don't like tv, too much. I don't really watch a lot of it, in all honesty

Books:

Too many to mention!! So many authors......Diary of Anne Frank, Ain't I a woman ( bell hooks), The Narnia Chronicles, Freaky Friday, Bury me Standing, The Narnia Chronicles, A Trade like Any Other, Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter, The Serpent and the Nile, Le Petit Prince (the little Prince), current affiars, social /political stuff, complementary health/spirituality, internet blogs and subject websites, e-books on a variety of subjects..travel books, anthroplogy, sociology,current affairs, arts, well basically anything, as I am quite an avid reader!

Heroes:

my friends and family!!!! dancer Carolena Nericcio for overcoming her health problems and for being so creative, those who give their all and integrity for their art, writing, dance and music . I love Jill Parker, Rina Rall,Dalia Carella, Rachel Brice, and others; I admire Artemis Mourat , her dance and her work as an activist (for the Rroma), her writings and research on Middle Eastern/ etc Turkish dance, dance anthropology,Gandhi , Martin Luther King , Malcolm X, Rosa Parkes, and all those other civil rights workers, leaders and humanitarians around the world, those who work tirelessly behind the scenes.

My Blog

The Oud Player and the Translator 6

Sbilya c. 1200s ( Sevilla/Seville) For Yasmine1.The Jewish quarter of Abulafia, where Angel lived, lay not far from al-Wadi al-Kabir, or the Great Quadalquivir River, in Seville, or Sbilya, as the...
Posted by maureen on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:50:00 PST

Tribute to Yasmine Larbi-Cherif, 22 years old.

Like so many of you, who knew Yasmine as a family member, friend, talented bellydancer and artist and a superb human being, I was shocked, numbed, stunned and so angered to hear that someone had the t...
Posted by maureen on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:19:00 PST

The Oud Player and the Translator 5

The Oud Player and the Translator 5 Musta' rib ( "Mozarab" Arabised or Would be Arab) "A gazelle's are her eyes, sun like is her splendour, Like a sandhill her hips, like ...
Posted by maureen on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:03:00 PST

Uk bellydancers of note: Akasha ( Heike Humphreys) of Southampton

Akasha ( Heike Humphreys) of Southampton, UKBellydancer Extraordinaire!Here is one dancer you all should know!! She has been dancing for a good number of years, and she is one of the most fun, open, f...
Posted by maureen on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:07:00 PST

The Oud Player and The Translator 4

The Oud Player and The Translator 4. Intricae ( Intrigues)Hafsa being the musician, had felt a great affinity with mathematics, hence her attraction to Al-Khwarizmi's Arabi...
Posted by maureen on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:52:00 PST

The Oud Player and The Translator 3

The Oud Player and The Translator 3. Hafsa, the Oud Player. Hafsa looked out of the window, latticed pattern throwing themselves on the wall behind them. The window overlooked the entrance to t...
Posted by maureen on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:41:00 PST

The Oud Player and the Translator 2

The Oud Player and The Translator ( A short Moorish Story) Maureen Pemberton 2. The City of Words Ghalib Musa was by no means a wealthy man. His extended family, originally from Seville, were struggli...
Posted by maureen on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:23:00 PST

Flamenco Zapateado ( Foot Percussion or Stamping)

"One of the most important techniques in flamenco"( Juanjo Castillo, www.esflamenco.com- Features, El Zapateado )IntroductionThink of Flamenco and most people think automatically of foot stampin...
Posted by maureen on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:39:00 PST

The Beginners Guide to Bellydance- A CD Review

I am so sure bellydancers both new and experienced, will love this. It's an intelligently put together compilation of different types of bellydance: CD 1: Traditional and Cabaret, CD 2: Drum Solo and ...
Posted by maureen on Thu, 29 May 2008 07:29:00 PST

Dance Anthropology : The Origins of Art, Music and Dance

The origins of Art: Mimetic Practice/Symbolism : Introduction Many anthropologists believe that so called "primitive " human societies felt that symbolic activities or gestures were effective and pow...
Posted by maureen on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:25:00 PST