Hi All,
Just letting you know there is a new Middle Eastern Percussion group set up on Facebook. This is based off the old Tribe.net group. Some come on over and join up if you are into Middle Eastern Percussion.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/middleeasternpercussion/
New clip from this years Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival.
2 songs Saalouni el Nas and Baeed Annak.
Dancer comes out for the second song
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Below is a recent clip of Terezka Drnzik performing to Laylat Hob with a full band.
The performance was a dedication to the loving memory of my friend Vicki Siokas.
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Vicki Siokas
This time last year I managed to record Fouad Harraka, who has played for dancer Nadia Jamal, performing on Oud and Violin taqsim in various maqams.
The first to be released is Hijaz.
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This is Rabiya who recently won the Belly Dance Star Awards competition with Dina of Cairo as one of the judges.
This is Rabiya performing at the Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival 2010
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I was made aware of this recently.
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Hey All,
Just got the message below about an article on the Hearld Sun about whether kids belly dance parties are appropriate.
Hi everyone,
time to defend the dance we love again from uneducated idiots, please support your dance and write in your comments. They even misled friends of mine to...
A clip of the new DVD with Randa Kamel performing at The Farha Tour is at
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You can also hear one of the music tracks from the CD, which was recorded on a different night at
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You can get the DVD and CD at
The Farha Tour 2008, presented by Amera's Palace
The Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival 2009 is just over one week away now.
This year we have Turkey Bellydance star Tanyeli at the concert.
Below is a clip from last year's concert.
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20th Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival
This is Lina from Hungary who recently immigrated to Sydney Australia. Here she is dazzling the audience at the gala dinner of the Sydney Middle Eastern dance festival
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I've got a video clip up on youtube of Terekza Drnzik doing a baladi progression during her 3 day Summer Workshop in January this year. She was the teacher of Bellydance Superstars performer Kaeshi Chai.
Deeb Kharman is on Accordion. Jamal Zraika is on drum. Jamal is play Hossam Ramzy's old...
Hi All,
I've just uploaded a compilation of snippets from the 2006 Sydney Middle Eastern Dance festival.
If you are in Sydney Australia during the 2-4 May 2008 you may want to pop by
More information at
19th Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival
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