Links

Competitions

Bellydancing Breakbeats Competition
Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition (CA)
Double Crown Belly Dance Competition (OR) 
North Valley Belly Dance Competition (CA)
Wiggles of the West (NV)

Belly Dance Resource Pages

Al-Masri Restaurant
AMEDA (Arizona Middle Eastern Dance Association) - articles, happening's in Arizona and more
Arab-esque - research resources, dance arts of the Middle East, North Africa & Central Asia
Arab Music - arabic music, history, instruments & such.
Belly Dance Home Page - information on various topics, page by Stephan (last updated Oct. 1998).                          
Belly Dance Links - listing of belly dance links.
Belly Dance Museum - Filmposters featuring bellydancers. Photos of historic bellydance artist and more.
Belly Dance New York - site created to be a one-stop resource for Metropolitan New York Area Bellydancers.
Belly Dancers & Harem Girls: historical/cheesecake gallery.
Belly Dancers Online - America's network of bellydancers and belly dancing resources.
Bellydance Gallery - This site is mainly photographs of Bellydancers<
Bhuz.com - is a website service dedicated to Middle Eastern arts.
C\Net Search.com (bellydance)
Dance - directory listings of bands, costumers, dancers, events, etc.
Dance Around the World - is a resource website for dancers, instructors and suppliers of all dance needs from music to floors
DanceLead.com - leading you to dance on the web.
Desert Dance Festival Website - information about the dancer festival and more, page by Dunia
Dialogues of the Present: contemporary Arab women's art 
Elaine's Music Page - contains links to a search of 159 albums of Arabic music. You can search by composer/artist, album
Egypta - review of Laurel Victoria Gray's dance production.
Guardian's Egypt - information about Egypt.
IAMED - The International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance
of Belly Dancing and Producers of the Awards of Bellydance.
Institute of Draped Clothes - IDC's goal is to help you find more about draped clothes. There are on the web many interesting sites that provide information. Use the links to learn more about draping and to find useful ressources.
International Dance Discovery -enjoy short fiction, poetry & articles about dance, site by Donna Carlton.  Editor of the Middle Eastern Dance Video Sourcebook and Looking for Little Egypt.
James Janner's Page (JJ's Place) - These pages are to share information about one of my passions: Danse Orientale.
LVBDS (Las Vegas Belly Dancing Society) - is a recently formed group which is still in its infancy. We are actively recruiting membership among the dancers, students and fans of 'the dance' in and around Las Vegas, Nevada.
MECDA (Middle Eastern Culture & Dance Association) - proposes to develop unity to provide educational sources for  the community of Middle Eastern Dance through close communication, sponsorship of workshops, dance parties and other events that ensure continuity of these arts.
MEDA (Middle Eastern Dance Artists) Baton Rouge
MEDA (Middle Eastern Dance Associate) - The Middle Eastern Dance Association is a non-profit society whose members share an interest in the Middle Eastern dance arts and their components.
Middle Eastern Dance - another great site by Shira, loads of information on Belly Dancing.
Middle Eastern Dance Resource Guide - the original site for Belly Dance information. (site last updated Aug. 1998)
Middle Eastern Music & Dance Camp - information about this wonderful camp.
NADI (Northwest Association of Middle Eastern Dancers International) - is a non-profit organization for the furtherance of Middle Eastern entertainment and performing arts. The mission of NADI is to provide a means to meet the active and interactive needs of the Middle Eastern Performing Artists in the Inland Northwest.  
Neferchichi's Egypt Clip Art & Backgrounds - page dedicated to Egyptian clip art and more.
Origins of Oriental Dance - dance history.
RomanSaad.com - English translations of today's Arabic music.
Shira (The Art of Middle Eastern Art) - excellent page on Belly Dancing.  You'll find over 300 articles, cartoons, poems, opinion polls, song translations, and more, all related to belly dancing!
Sudairy - great source for Arabic names and meanings
Those Amazing Belly Dancing Records - great page for record covers and a bit of history.
Turath.org - articles, interviews, resources, profiles and more.
Uzbek Dance and Culture Society - information on Uzbek style of dance.
WAMEDA (Washington Area Mid East Assoc.) - is a professional organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Middle Eastern dance, music and culture. Membership is open to all persons who share these interests. WAMEDA is a not-for-profit organization.
Women's Caravan and Cyber Harem - is a website for women of the Mediteranean and middle-eastern regions of the world, or women interested in that area of the world.


Chat Room/forum

Authentic middle eastern dance
Portland Belly Dance (Yahoo Club)
Taus Club On-Line (Italy)
Yahoo clubs - belly dance

Dancer's and Troupe Home Pages
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y , Z

A 
Aisha Ali  (California)
Aliyah & Salome Galia (Oregon)
Allen Street Dance Studio (New York)
Almaaz (New York)
Amaya (New Mexico)
American Gypsy: belly dance productions (Ohio)
Angelique and Friends (Arizona) 
Anisa's Belly Dancing Page (California)
Ankh (Texas)
Ansuya (California)
Anthea (Virginia)
Arabesque Gypsy Dance Net (Canada)
Arabia (California)
Arctic Mirage Bellydance Extravaganza (Alaska)
Art and Soul of Belly Dance - learn to belly dance on the World Wide Web (Florida)
Artemis (Elizabeth Artemis Mourat) - Maryland
Asim's Middle Eastern Dance Link Page 
Ashana (California)
Asheba (Texas)
Aswan Dancers (California)
Atea (California)
Atheena (Texas)
Awalim Dance Company (Georgia)
Azita - (Arizona)
Aziza (Oregon)
Aziza Sa'id (California)

B  top
Badia Star (Canada)
The Bay Area Belly Dance Home Page (California)
Bedia (Florida)
Belly Dance in Washington DC (District of Columbia)
Belly Dancing Librarian 
Bellyqueen danse orientale (New York) 
Cheri Berens (Massachusetts)
Boulder Bellygrams by Maria (Colorado)
Bou-Saada (Washington)

C
Callista
Camels USA (California)
Cassandra Strand (Minnesota)
Catharae (California)
Chelydra (Virginia)
Circle, the: a network for belly dancing (Oregon)
Eva Cernik (Colorado)

D
Dahlena (Illionis)
Delilah (Washington)
Desert Dancers (Maine)
Desert Moon Dance Academy (Missouri)
Dondi (California)
Dhyanis (California)

E
Egyptian Dance 
El Rak Sai'd (Philedelphia)
Eva Cernik (Colorado)

F 
Fahtiem (California)
Farfesha (New Mexico)
Farhana 
FatChanceBellyDance (California)

G
Ghawazee Middle Eastern Dance Troupe (Pennsylvania)
Gia Khalsa - (Connecticut)
Gypsy Caravan (Oregon)

H
Habiba (Pennsylvania)
Hahbi 'Ru (California)
Hadia (Canada)
Hannah Nour (New York)
Hasani (Washington)
Heavy Hips Tribal Belly Dance (California)

I 
Invaders of the Heart (California)
Isis and the Star Dancers (Texas)
Izora (California)

J 
Jaleh (Washington)
Jalilah Sahar (South)
Jameela (New York)
Jamila Salimpour (California)
Jasmin Jahal (Illinois)
Jawahir Bahiya (Washington)
Jehan (New York)
Jezebel (Arizona)
Jilian (California)
Jodette (California)

K
Kajira (California)
Kathryn Ferguson (Arizona)
Katia (New Mexico)
Khadija (Massachusetts)

L 
LaMirage (Arizona)
Latefa (Kansas)
Lion of Babylon Center for Arabic Culture, Inc. (Ohio)
Lotus Tribal Bellydance (California)
Lucy Lipschitz (Arizona)
Lynette: Snake's Kin Studio (California)

M 
Maia's Belly Dance Academy (New Hampshire)
Maja (Flordia)
Malika (District of Columbia)
Margaret Lloyd-hart (Arizona)
Margo (Minnesota)
Marisela Ali (Houston)
Marula (California)
Melanie LaJoie (Florida)
Mesmera (California)
Middle Eastern Dance in New Mexico (New Mexico)
Miramar (Virginia)
Miranda
Morocco (New York)

N 
Naj (Arizona)
Najia (Pennsylvania)
Najida Da'nna (EZBee's Visions of Veils) 
Near East Dance (California)
Nevina (Delaware)
New York Belly Dance Map (New York)
New World Belly Dance (Oregon)
Nouveau Nomads (Colorado)

P
Phoenix Belly Dance (Arizona)

R 
Raks Al Lat (California)
Romani Tribal Belly Dance (California)
Read My Hips (Iowa)
Rising Phoenix Dancers (Florida)
Rose (Massachusetts)
Roya (Kansas)
Ruby Jazayre (Indiana)

S
Saahira (Arizona)
Safira Zeki (Kansas) 
Sahara Sand Productions (Missouri)
Sahira (Texas)
Sahnobar Dance Ensemble (Florida)
Sapphira (California)
Sarita (Vancouver, BC)
Schehera (Ohio)
Selket (California) 
Serena (New York)
Shadia Dahlal (Oklahoma)
Shalimar Ali (Missouri)
Shareen el Safy (California)
Sharifa: and Troupe Tangiers (California)
Shemsdance (Rebecca Habtour) (Utah)
Shibar Mozuna 
Shoshana (New York)
Silk Road Dance Co. (Maryland)
Sirens in Sanity (California)
Sohaila (California)
Sons of the Padisha: all male tribal belly dance troupe (Oregon)
Soraya (New Jersey)
Suhaila (California)
Sulisha Kanouni (Utah)
Suzanna Del Vecchio (Colorado)

T
Tahya (Pennsylvania)
Thia (Utah)
Tribalbellydance.com (Georgia)
Tribal Where? (Oregon)
Two Old Bags (Nevada)

U 
Ultra Gypsy (California)
Utah Raks (Utah)

V 
Vashti (Oregon)
Veena and Neena (California)
Venus (Vancouver, BC)

W 

Worlddancer (California)

Y 
Yasmina (District of Columbia)
Yolanda (California)

Z
Zaheea (California)
Zahira Zuhra (New Hampshire)
Zahir's Oasis :male dancer (California)
Zahra Zuhair (California)
Zaina Hart (Oregon)
Zara Aquilal (Alaska)
Z-Helene (Texas)



International Belly Dance Home Pages

Adarah (Japan)
Afra Al-Kahira (England)
Afsana - dance magazine (in Finnish)
Alarde (Spain, in Spanish and English) 
Almeh Amira (United Kingdom)
Amera's Palace (Australia)
Anne Rosas Magedans/Orientalsk Dans (Norway)
Aziza (Australia)
Beata & Horacio Cifuentes (Germany, in English)
Beautiful Belly Dancers (Victoria, Australia)
Belly Dance with Botticelli (Denmark, in Danish and English)
Belly Dance in Italy (Italy)
The Camel's Armpit (Western Australia)
Damask's cosy little Bellydance world (Western Australia)
Dreaming of Jeannie (Australia)
El Ghawazi (France, in french)
Forbidden Fruits Bazzaar (U.K.)
Halima (in German)
Keti Sharif (Australia)
Louise Frevert (Denmark, in English)
Mara Kairuhzan (in German)
Middle Eastern Dance-Australia (Australia and New Zealand)
Nahira Aram (Argentina)
Oriental Dance in Drawings (in German & some English)
Renee's Magical Belly Dancing (Australia) 
Roz (United Kingdom)
Shakti Belly Dance (East of Melbourne, Australia)
Tanz Oriental (in German)
Turkish Bellydance Site (Turkey, in English)
Valerie Larkin (Ireland)
The World of Oriental Dance (Germany; site in both English & German)
Zahira & the Drum Frenzy Belly Dance Troupe (Australia)
Zaida (Australia)


List Servers

E-Group (several list servers are listed, 21 as of 4/26/00.  Some are private, others are public)
Med-Dance (article and instructions on how to subscribe)

Music & Instruments

Adam Basma
Adam Burke (instruments for sale)
Arab music
Arabic Music Store
ARC Music
Aramusic: online Arabic music source
Blue Heaven (finger cymbals and middle eastern instruments)
Brothers of the Baladi
Children of Paradise (American Tribal Belly Dance Music)
Desert Knights
Desert Wind
DMOZ (header: Shopping Middle Eastern Instruments & Music)
Dunya Divani
Eric Zang
Farabi
Hossam Ramzy
Jas's Drum Page (source for Middle Eastern rhythms)
John Bilezikjlan
Lark in the Morning
Mid-East Mfg., Inc. 
Mohammed El-Bakkar
Oasis Band
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Pe-Ko Records
A Quick & Dirty Guide to doumbek Rhythms
Rashid Music Sales
Robin Adnan Anders
Sazlar
Shamra International (Arabic music CD's)
Sirocco 
Solace
Traveler World Music  
Uncle Mafufo  
World Fusion Music


Vendors

Aliah's Closet
Andromeda's Beadworx
Anja Designs
Artemis
Audrena's International Bazaar
Ayanas' Belly Dance Shoppe
Baladiboutique.com 
Beaded Belly Dancing Jewels
BellyDanceShoppe.com
Belly Dance Stuff
Belly Dance Treasures 
Belly Dancing Bazaar 
Bellyroll Costumes: custom tribal belly dance costumes
Bohemian Market
Bronwyn's Bead Jewelry Boutique
Chandras
Cost Less 
Dahlal International 
Dalia & Alia
Designs by Janie
Dina: the Costume Goddess
DiscoverBellyDance
Distant Caravans
Domba
Egyptian Bazaar
Egyptian Princess Imports
Emeralds - hand dyed costumes
Ganesha Bazaar
Harry Saroyan (Saroyan Mastercraft)
Hanezeb: Middle Eastern Dance Supplies
Horus & Isis Company
Ice Cube Imports: Middle Eastern Dance Supplies
Incredible Creations
ISIS Imports
Joharah International
Judith's Head
Kaleasbohemia 
Kamikaze costumes
L. Rose Designs 
Liquidsilver Design - assuit designs by Trish St. John
A Little Indulgence Belly Dance Wear (International)
Lost Treasures
Madame X
Maison Kenzi - exquisite imports from Morocco
Marysgardennaturally - tribal cholis, Toran, jewelry and other great stuff
Meleea 
Nahari Silk Veils
Our Tribe (ethnographic jewelry, textiles and tribal antiques from North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia)
The Pink Gypsy 
Scheherezade Imports 
Shelly's Button's & More
Shimmy Shimmy: bellydance boutique
Silk Spirit (hand painted silk veils)
Sugar Petals
Swap Page
Tribal to the Max
The Turkish Emporium
Turquoise International 
Urmi Imports (exotic fashions from East India) - not shown on website, Japanese Silk shaded 3 yards veils, harem pants, velvet cholis, and metalic coil emrboidery cholis.
Unicorn Belly Dance Supplies
We3 Belly Dance Apparel
Zanbaka's Design Online Bazaar
Zara's Emporium
Zinghari Online Bazaar