Vol. 17, No. 4, Dec 1999

Volume 17, Number 4, December 1999

Cover: Dahlena

Dahlena, An American Classic, by Farida Gamal

Feminism and Belly Dance, by Andrea Deagon, Ph.D.

Erotic Fantasy or Female Empowerment: Gender Issues in Oriental Dance, by Stavros Stavrou

Staging Unstable Bodies:The Practice of Oriental Dance in the West Within the Context of the Postmodern, by Diane Oatley

Farewell to Tahia, by Edward Said, Ph.D.

Life’s Joy and Incense: the Tahaya Carioca Story, by Nermine Azzazy

Tahia Talks, with Beata and Horacio Cifuentes

Raks Sharqi: Cairo’s Disappearing Act, by Shareen el Safy

“Alf Mabrouk ala il Aroussayn!”: the Cairo Wedding Circuit, by Yasmina

Dancing in the Rain: Cultural Identity and Dance in Egyptian Film, by Habiba

East Meets West: Bridging the Culture Gap Through Film Distribution, by Sa’ida

Paola and the Priest, by Rod Long

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