Resource List
for the Middle Eastern Dancer in Utah:
For suggestions or additions to this list please E-mail the webmaster.

Belly Dance Magazines:

The "Belly Dancer" Magazine
P.O. Box 820186, Vancouver, WA 98682-0004
OR Call Zaina at (360) 891-7041 for Visa/Mastercard
http://www.zainahart.com/

The Chronicles
P.O. Box 210787
Bedford, TX 76021
1-888-918-4747
http://isisandthestardancers.com/CHRONICLES/Chronicles.htm

Cymbal Magazine
MECDA:
P O Box 946, Rosemead, CA 91770
http://www.mecda.org/cymbal.htm

Habibi Magazine
PO Box 90936 Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0936
http://www.habibimagazine.com/

Jareeda
PO Box 680 Sutherlin, OR 97479
http://www.jareeda.com/

Zaghareet!
P.O. Box 1809 Elizabeth City, NC 27906
http://zaghareet.com

 

National Middle Eastern Dance Organizations:

MECDA - Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association

 

Books:

"Looking for Little Egypt"

"A Trade Like Any Other - Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt"

"The Belly Dance Book: Rediscovering the Oldest Dance"

"They Told Me I Couldn't" by Tamalyn Dallal

Also be sure to check out the extended booklists about Middle Eastern Dance & Culture on
Aisha Ali's Site http://www.aisha-ali.com/recommendedreading.html
Aziza Said's Mid-Eastern Dance Site http://www.zilltech.com/BookStoreDance.html
Morocco's Meanderings http://www.casbahdance.org/reading.html

 

Utah Libraries with items relating to Middle Eastern Culture & Dance:

Utah State University Library - good dance video collection, a few books

Whitmore Library - good dance video collection, a few books
2197 East Fort Union Boulevard,
Salt Lake City, 84121
phone: 944-7533

University of Utah Middle East Library - great overall resource for all things Middle Eastern, great costume books, language books, newspaper, literature, culture, etc

University of Utah Middle East Center - additional resource for studying the Middle Eastern culture,
language and history, good video selection (check out "Silences of the Palace")
260 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm.153
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9157
Phone: (801) 581-6181
Fax: (801) 581-6183

BYU Library - Arabesque Magazine, general Middle East Info, some Middle Eastern folk dance music selections,
a few books

Orem Public Library - Books, Good selection of new Belly Dance Videos (IAMED, etc.)
58 North State Street
Orem, UT 84057
Main Phone Number: 801-229-7050