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Recommended Reading
* - Highly recommended Dance
* Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World by Wendy Buonaventura A
must have book. Gorgeous
photographs, paintings, and drawings!
* A
Trade Like Any Other: Female
Singers and Dancers in Egypt
by Karin Van Nieuwkerb
* Looking
for Little Egypt
by Donna Carlton
Rediscovering the Oldest Dance: The Bellydance Book
edited by Tazz Richards Grandmother’s Secrets:
The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Bellydancing * Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love by Anne Thomas Soffee * Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley * Something in the Way She Moves by Wendy Bounaventura General
Everyday
Life in the Muslim Middle East
by Evelyn Early and Donna Brown
* Guests
of the Sheik by
Elizabeth Fernea
* A
Street in Marrakech
by Elizabeth Fernea The
Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom
by Sandra Mackey Africa Adorned by Angela Fisher Imazighen:
The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women
by Margaret Courtney-Clarke and Geraldine Brooks * Miniskirts, Mothers, and Muslims by Christine Mallouhi -- Don't be put off the by the dorky title of this book! It is the best book I've ever read on understanding Arabic/Muslim culture! Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
Historical
* Harem:
The World Behind the Veil
by Alev Croutier Valide
by Barbara Chase-Riboud (historical fiction about a true person) Memoirs
of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
by Emily Ruete Flaubert
in Egypt by
Gustave Flaubert
* Veiled
Half-Truths: Western Travelers’
Perceptions of Middle Eastern Women
by Judy Mabro Images of
Women: The Portrayal of Women in Photography of the Middle East 1860-1950 by
Sarah Graham-Brown
Islam
Women
in Islam by Webke
Walther Daughters
of Another Path: Experiences of
American Women Choosing Islam
The Forgotten Queens of Islam
* Islam: Faith, Culture, History by Paul Lunde * Women and the Koran: The Status of Women in Islam by Anwar Hekmat Women’s
Issues and Contemporary Experiences
* Nine
Parts of Desire: The Hidden World
of Islamic Women
by Geraldine Brooks Baladi
Women of Cairo: Playing with an Egg
and a Stone by
Evelyn Early Dreams
of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatima Mernissi Daughter
of Persia by
Sattareh Farman Farmaian Price of Honor:
Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World
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