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About Me

Awalim was formed in 1999 under the Direction of Ziah Ali McKinney-Taylor as a group to bring World Fusion Tribal Bellydance to the stages of Atlanta and the Southest US. Awalim's particular flavor of Tribal is decidedly upbeat and earthy while being sophisticated and urban, bringing what we feel are Atlanta's strongest characteristics to the Tribal genre.

What does Awalim mean?

Awalim is plural for Almeh. An Almeh was an educated entertainer that was very highly thought of in Egypt during the 1800's. She was educated in music, poetry, song, dance, history, religion and politics. All of these things were considered interconnected and important knowledge for any real artist. The Awalim were very well respected and left Cairo when Napoleon's invading army treated them as "common" entertainers. We call ourselves Awalim because education is very important to us. We all study at least one musical instrument along with the finger cymbals (zils). We also stress the history and sociology of the wide spread area that is called the Middle East which brings us (and our audience) closer to an understanding of the culture we are emulating.
We offer a variety of excellent workshops: Choreography, Mechanics, Props, Conditioning, Zils, Drumming for Dancers, ATS, and Technique for all levels. Please contact us for more info.
We host the Southeast's annual TRIBALCON! a long weekend in cute downtown Decatur Ga that features music and dance clases, a gala show, and a hafla that is not to be missed... go to www.tribalcon.com for class schedule and info.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Dancers, Musicians, Creative Minds, Adoring Fans :)

FALL/WINTER 2008 SCHEDULE:

TRIBAL CARNIVALE, with AWALIM, JAHARA PHOENIX, our student troupes, and very special guest aerialists!

October 18 HALLOWEEN CARNIVALE at the Red Light Cafe, Atlanta

October 31 TRIBALVIBE Glasgow Scotland

November 14 TRIBALVIBE SOUTH Glastonbury, England

2009:

February 19-22 TRIBALCON Atlanta

May 16-20 TRIBALFEST

Please check our website for details, or to contact any of us:

www.tribalbellydance.com www.awalim.com

Check us out on tribe.net too!

My Blog

TribalCon Dirt, Dish, Scoop - We Want Yours!

Teejei & Ananda are working on an article for Zaghareet magazine, and wanted to solicit some opinions from all you lovely ladies out there. If you're interested, please respond to the few su...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:33:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spotlights part 4- Onca, August and Awalim

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Onca and August of the Mezmer Society (NC) www.barakamundi.com~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Onca and August are another two talented performers who we are lucky to have in the Southern Tribal comm...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:08:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spotlights pt. 3 -Mira, Jen, Denys!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Mira Betz (CA) www.miramania.com~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Mira's classes and performances got some of the best responses from TribalCon attendees ever so we just had to ask her back again!...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:37:00 GMT

TribalCon Early Bird economic stimulus package!!!

We are very aware that times are tight and that the holidays are upon us so I wanted to remind everyone that we will hold your unpaid Early Bird reg for 30 days after you register. So if you aren't go...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:30:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spotlights pt. 2 - Asharah, Donna Mejia, Jas!

Asharah (Washington, DC) www.asharah.comAsharah first came to my attention because of her articulate writing on Tribe.net and in her blog. To find out that she is an amazing dancer and teacher has ple...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:33:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spoghtlight: Jas of Khafif

Jas of Khafif (PA) www.khafif.comJas' rhythm classes have become staples for the TribalCon attendees each year. Last year his music editing class was one of the most talked about classes since it is a...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:12:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spoghtlight: Donna Mejia

Donna Mejia (CO) www.donnabodyvision.comDonna has a growing fan base in the Tribal belly dance community for a very good reason...Tribal dancers love fusion and hers is not just bellydance fusion but ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:10:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spoghtlight: Asharah

TribalCon V Teacher Spoghtlight: Kevin "Nevik" Hartnell

Kevin "Nevik" Hartnell (OH) www.legionofdoumbek.comNevik is another Pennsic friend joining the music roster this year! He came down to attend TribalCon last year and fit in so well we had to ask him t...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:35:00 GMT

TribalCon V Teacher Spotlight: Megha of Devyani

Megha of Devyani (AL) www.devyani.netWe are so lucky that Megha, the teaching partner of Carolena Nericcio of FCBD, is part of our Southern Tribal community. We are glad that her family and her dance ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:00 GMT