Raqs Sharqi

Chryssanthi Sahar
Dancer performing with live band

Farhana Masri

European Dancer

Raqs Sharqi

Raqs Baladi

Brief clips: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3

Gamal, Carioca, and Akef in film performances

Samia Gamal

Tahia Carioca

Naimi Akef

Umm Kulthum

Slideshow with music
Good quality; begins with Muslim call to prayer and eventually leads to performances

Live performance

Live performance 2

Tahtib

Staged performance

Dance of the Sultan
In “The Source of Love: A Bellydance Ballet”

Tahtib

Tahtib 2

Tabla Solo dance

Jillina
Belly Dance Superstars dancer performing with drummer Issan Houshan

Fatima Serin

Nour

Instrumental Performances

‘Ud

Qanun

Ney

Riqq

Belly Dance – Modern

Shakira

Folkloric Performance
Directed by Mohammed el Hossaeny, formerly of the Egyptian Reda troupe

AKON video
Features an assortmant of popular music video clips incorporating belly dancing

Belly Dance

Male Belly Dance

Male Dancer

Another dancer

Maqam

The Iraqi Maqam
Music and explanation

Maqam Rast
Munir and Omar Bashir playing on the Iraqi oud

Iraqi maqam awj

Takht

UCLA Near East Takht ensemble

Egyptian takht ensemble

Taqsim

Oud Taqsim
By Naseer Shamma

Oud Taqsim
By Munir Bashir

Taqsim Farid
Peter Refela

Taqsim qanun maqam hijaz
Yusuf Za’rur from Cairo, 1932

Heavy Metal in Iraq

Documentary – Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 – Part 9

“Garden of Stones”
Iraqi band Acrassicauda

“Psycho”
Acrassicauda

Acrassicauda
Underworld live in Damascus