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Aisha has enjoyed an outstanding career as a Middle Eastern dancer, performing in a film, television, theaters and supper-clubs throughout the world. In the United States she has preseted her own dance company, focusing on Middle Eastern folk dance. As the first Oriental dancer to do ethnographic research in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa, her contribution as a performer, teacher, documentary filmmaker and music producer is unique.
Information about the genres, costumes, and details on the production methods is listed in the video menu. There is also a preview of Volume II, Dances of the Arab World, which presents dances from other parts of the Middle East and and North Africa
.The eight dances in this volume include performances of Raqs Sharqi, six different Ghawazee styles - including a 19th century sword dance, Awalem dances, Al Teit , and a Ssidi cane dance
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