Last weekend, I attended the second International Belly Dance Congress in Frimley, UK, organised by Josephine Wise, Kay Taylor and Charlotte Desorgher. I attended several workshops, for a total of 8 hours dancing every day for 2 and half days, and at...

Having lived in Barcelona, Spain, for one year, I was able to experience how popular belly dance is in that city. In Barcelona there are belly dance classes available in every gym and cultural centre all over the city. I do not know how many years ago...

Recently, a Forum has been added to Worldbellydance.com for belly dancers to chat and exchange pieces of advice. I find that a forum is particularly useful when you are going to a belly dance event and would like to share transportation or...

Through my website worldbellydance.com, I have just been contacted by Sky1, to make me aware of a new programme they are launching. So, I have decided to make every belly dancer who may be interested aware of it. Sky1 are about to launch a new...

At Majma, in June 2009, another workshop I attended was with Morocco on a type of Moroccan dance, called shikhat. Shikhat also refers to the women who perform this type of dance in Morocco. They are usually hired for parties, including wedding parties,...