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	Arabian Waltz by Rabih Abou-khalil Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $10.99 Complex, sophisticated Arabic music - interesting but complicated. A challenge to dance to, but well worth the work.
	Al-Jadida by Rabih Abou-Khalil Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $9.00 More complex, sophisticated Arabic music - interesting but complicated. Wonderful.
	The Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron Buy used from: $4.74 The best book I know of for overcoming creative block, freeing your inner ideas and reclaiming your joy in dancing.
	"A Trade like Any Other": Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt by Karin van Nieuwkerk Buy used from: $24.95 An excellent book on the cultural ideas and experiences that surround women entertainers in the Middle East. Understanding the culture and context is essential to presenting the dance.
	Ear Training for the Body: A Dancer's Guide to Music by Katherine Teck Buy used from: $4.68 This book will help you to understand and use music, without needing to become a musician. Essential reading for dancers.
	Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance by Eric Franklin Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $12.50 An excellent guide to using imagery for developing style, skill and performance power.
	The Music of the Arabs by Habib Hassan Touma Buy used from: $17.92 A bit technical, but this book will help you to understand the construction, style and meaning of the music that we dance to.
	The Best of Om Kolthoum by Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Ensemble Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $15.97 Instrumental music from the best of the four top classical Arabic singers.
	The Best of Mohammed Abdul Wahab by Hossam Ramzy Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.18 Instrumental music from one of the four top classical Arabic singers.
	The Best of Farid Al Atrash by Hossam Ramzy Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $47.72 Instrumental music from another of the four top classical Arabic singers.
	The Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz by Hossam Ramzy and His Egyptian Ensemble Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.88 Instrumental music from the last of the four top classical Arabic singers.
	Istanbul 1925 by Various Artists Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $9.89 Turkish recordings from 1925, this is the heart of Turkish Music, uncluttered by modern instruments. Wonderful!
	Art of Taksim by Göksel Kartel Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $7.50 Kanoon and percussion, soulful taxims. Excellent material for developing the most difficult part of the dance.
	"The Voice of Egypt": Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Virginia Danielson Buy used from: $132.66 A wealth of information about music and song in the Middle East.
	Isadora Duncan Dance [VHS] Buy used from: $149.96 Performances of Isadora Duncan's choreographies, simple and elegant but at the same time difficult and powerful. An important influence on our dance.