Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo

by Heather D. Ward

In the city of Cairo, certain spaces bear strong historical associations with belly dance, belly dancers, and professional entertainment in general. Azbakiyah, Imad al-Din Street, and Muhammad Ali Street were all staging grounds for innovations in Egyptian belly dance, as well as in Egyptian music, song, and theater, at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and in the Egyptian popular imagination, these places continue to be linked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476690308
• ISBN13: 9781476690308
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up