COSTUMES/VENDORS
Anja - costume designer and maker in US
Bellydance bazaar costume & accessories
Costless costumes - US company specialising in coin, mirror and crystal costumes
'Costuming from the hip' -  informative costuming guide book by Dawn Devine Brown
Costumes - if you think your latest costume is outrageous, then check these out!!!!
Danstuff costume vendor
The Costume Goddess tells all - the Carmen Miranda outfit is a stunner!
Egyptworld - costumes and accessories
Farida -  costume importer in the UK
Ganesha Bazaar - vendor of goods from India, site currently a bit thin, but updates are coming
Isis Imports - costumes and accessories
Madame X - X-cellent costume pages/patterns/helpful tips
Turkish costumes - vendor site with a few photos

DANCERS
Afra Al-Kahira (Reading, UK)
Amal - Italian bellydancer
Aziza Habib - Canadian dancer
Aziza Sa'id -  US site which includes the world-wide Aziza link
Baraka -  dancer and teacher from San Francisco
Bay Area Bellydance Home Page - San Francisco USA
Brazilian site (in Portuguese)  Setrak tapes/CDs for sale with Brazilian dancers on the covers
Eden - US dancer
Esmeray - Swiss bellydancer (page in Italian)
International Dance Discovery - the site of Donna Carlton, author of "Searching for Little Egypt"
Jacqueline - British dancer
Leyla Jouvana - German dancer, beautiful costumes, a regular in the photo section of Germany's "Orient Magazine."
New York Bellydancer - performers, classes, events
Mahea Uchiyama Centre for International Dance
Mayada -  all the bellydance news from Toronto, Canada
M.E.D.A. - the home page of the dancers in British Columbia, Canada including the lovely Setare.
Mid-West Dancers  - maintained by Suzanne in Wichita, Kansas, USA
Morocco - knowledgeable and respected performer/teacher based in N.Y.
MOSAIC - UK based page
Orienta - interesting German site (with English translation). Details of "Orienta" in November - workshops/vendors/performances - featured dancers Nadia Hamdi & Amaya.
Persian Classical Music and Dance - hosted by US dancer, Robyn Friend
RanajmaUS dancer
Ruth Carey's Home Page - Ruth is in Durham, England
Sakkara - costumes/music. This site is in German.
Samia - German dancer (in German)
Shalima - German dancer
Shira's Home Page - excellent site
Sibel Nefa - German dancer
Snake's Kin Studio - US site
Soraya - US dancer
Stavanger Bellydance Club - dance in Norway (site in English)
Suhaila's World - the homepage of US dancer/teacher Suhaila Salimpour
Sylvia Sylla - dancer in Germany (nice site - English translation)
Tamalyn Dallal - US dancer
Yousry Sharif - New York based teacher
"Zagareet" - Taaj's MEDance magazine in the U.S.
Zahra Zuhair - performer and teacher from the US
Zenuba- British dancer

MEDIA
Al Mashriq - the Levant multimedia servers - Arabic culture, society, politics etc.
Arabic Newspapers on the Net
Nagwa Fouad - an article (with photos) from 'Al Ahram' magazine
Wearing the Hejab (veil)

MUSIC
ARA music - source for Arabic & MEDance music
Arabic music - All aspects of Arabic music - theory, forms, history, instruments Arabic music source - Nada's website with MIDIs, music clips, reviews etc.
Arabic music links - Excellent site with music, info and 'music by country' links
ARC Music - UK source for bellydance music and a wide range of world music
Drum (darbeki, tabla, dumbek) rhythms
Music of Lebanon - excellent site, lots of 'real' music (not midis)
Omar Feruk Tekbilek
PE-KO - Music distributors
Percussion East - importer/retailer of wind and percussion instruments
Turkish bellydance music - CD vendor

ON LINE MAGAZINES
The Gilded Serpent - on line magazine
Jewels in the Crown - includes an interview with Suzanna del Vecchio

OTHER LINKS PAGES
Asim's bellydance Home Page - lots of links to other Middle Eastern Dance sites Middle Eastern Dance resources - the extensive website of Kymberly Cyr in Arizona

PHOTOGRAPHERS & GALLERIES
Andre Elbin - photographer based in Cologne, Germany.  Specialises in photos of dancers - and does beautiful work
The Bellydance Gallery - hosted by Jeff Obermann
German site - lots of photos

REFERENCE
Archive Film  - From the Library of Congress American Memory Page.  "Princess Rajah" filmed in 1904.  Also "Ella Lola" filmed by Thomas Edison.

TROUPES
As-Sayf Home Page - web site maintained by a Swedish dance troupe. The page is in English.
The Near Eastern Dance Co. of California

GRAPHICS

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Here are three sites with Egyptian theme pictures/backgrounds.
Chaos Graphics
Clipart
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt pictures, links, screensavers

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Sydney Swans  - Australian Rules football, the most exciting game on earth IMHO
Take a cyber tour round 10 Downing Street, the home of the British Prime Minister.
Danger Mouse - The dashing secret agent who, together with his trusty assistant Penfold, is saving the world from the evil Baron Greenback.
The Death Clock - the Internet's friendly reminder that life is slipping away (with obits. of your favourite and  not so favourite celebs)
International affairs on the Net - Commentary, world wide news, foreign affairs, think tanks, NGOs
Janes Defence Weekly - Intelnet, foreign affairs
The Rock Cemetry - the last resting places of famous rock stars Royal Navy Submarine Museum - Gosport, England
NewsRadio links - excellent Australian site with links to newspapers/media/webcams worldwide
Robin Trower - Ah memories! A rock guitarist from the heyday of power playing Shipwrecks - register of British losses (RN & MN) since 1800s
The 70's  - Radio clips of US ads of the time, glam rock and all the other stuff we thought was groovy way back then......
Newspapers - regional Australia/New Zealand papers and papers from most major US cities

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