The Gilded Serpent presents the North Beach Memories
CHRONOLOGY

It happened in

1948 - 1959,1960 - 1969, 1970 - 1979,1980 - 1985

1948 - 1959
1948 and years after	Israel established as an independent state; increased immigration from Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan
1955		'55- Mahmoud Reda starts his folkloric troupe in Cairo 50's -Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca popular in Cairo
1956	Najia discovers North Beach before becoming a ME dancer
1957		Dalilah becomes ME dancer in ME
1958	Fadil arrives in San Francisco
1959	Vagabond features Middle Eastern music next door to the theatre showing the film "Never on Sunday" Vince and Naji play with Antoine

1960 - 1969
1960	Early 60's Bert arrives in North Beach	1960-Morocco's first job as an Oriental dancer in New York City
1961	Gigi's begins hosting ME music and dance
1962	Bagdad opens Dahlena on the scene 1962 - 1965
1963	John F. Kennedy assasinated, Dallas, TX
1964	12 Adler begins offering Midlle Eastern music and dance Amina---1964~1984 Jamie Miller/Sabah---1964~?	Dahlena met Ibrahim Farrah while working in a Sacramento, California night club in 1964. Soon thereafter, they began performing as a dance duo throughout California and Oregon
1965	Marliza Pons---1965~?	Serena Wilson opens her NYC studio in the mid-1960s
1966	Aziza starts dancing professionally in North Beach	Suhaila born
1967	Casbah opens Gigi's changes format to topless dancers Salah arrives in the US	The "Summer of Love" Feiruz began dancing in LA
1968	Yasmeen---Late 60s	Jamila's Bal Anat troupe performs at Ren Faire
1969	Rhea---1969? Saida Asmar---1969~1970 Zaharr Hayatti---1969~1981 intermittently

1970 - 1979
1970
1971
1972	Pasha's opens Sadira---1972 '70s-'80s Nagua Fouad popular in Cairo	Bert & Sula publish book- "The Secrets of Bellydancing" Serena & Alan Wilson publish book-" The Serana Technique of Belly Dancing"
1973	Najia dances for the first time in North Beach Satrinya/Masalima---1973~1978?
1974		Bob and Lynn Zalot begin publishing Habibi Magazine Raya Atesh publishes "How to Belly Dance"
1975	"Reunion", Dahlena Shamira---Mid 70s? Taka---Mid 70s	Dahlena publishes book-" The Art of Belly Dancing" Ibrahim Farrah beings publishing Arabesque Magazine in NYC
1976		Ozel publishes book-" The Bellydancer in You"
1977	Latifa---Late 70s Nisima---Mid to late 70s	Jamila publishes her manual of Finger Cymbal Instruction
1978	Harvey Milk and George Moscone murdered by Dan White, San Francisco, CA Jonestown massacre, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
1979		Dalilah brings Mahmoud Reda to the US

1980 - 1985
1980	"Crisis at the Baghdad", Amina John Compton starts his contract at Finnochios	Daniela Gioseffi publishes book- "Earth Dancing"
1981		Nagwa Fouad comes to the US to perform
1982
1983		Wendy Buonaventura publishes book--"Belly Dancing"
1984	Casbah Closes in April of this Year Bagdad closes in Oct? or New Years Eve 12-31-84
1985	John Compton leaves Finnochio's

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