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Belly dancing has been changing its image in the West recently, promoting itself as good aerobic exercise. But, with a long and venerated history, it is also a traditional Middle Eastern art known as raks sharki. Acclaimed American-born dancer Jalilah might not be a musician, but her name is on this disc (as it has been on previous ones in this series), albeit more for marketing than anything else. The real credit goes to Ihsan Al-Mounzer, who wrote and conducted virtually all the albums' piece   [ read more ]

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