Student Resources

Here, you will find student reading, including links to other resources, material written by our teachers, and links to lots of video clips!

Lisa Lumina

The Awalim's Spell

To understand the place of a bellydancer in Egyptian society, there are two helpful things to know about. The Awalim, and the Zeffa. The...

Lisa Lumina

How Bellydance History is Like Molecular Physics

Bellydancers have come up with some incredible stories to explain the origins of our dance. And while we can know a lot about the past...

Lisa Lumina

"Wishtory" and the Search for Origins

The following is a reader's digest/compilation of three articles, "Fact or Fiction: Which Belly Dance Urban Legends Should You Believe?"...

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