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Aida		Dancer Teacher	Come on Aida! Let us hear your story!
Amina Goodyear		Dancer Teacher	More by Amina Dancing on the Edge by Amina I learned from the first evening chasing Fatma around the stage that in order to have a serious dance company in the Egyptian style, I had to seriously play with the appearance of disorder.
Aziza		Dancer Costumer	More by Aziza The Music and Musicians I was very lucky to have danced to live music almost exclusively throughout my career. Jamila and Yousef Even though we were recognizably taught by Jamila, we were not the cookie-cutter girls she turned out later. Working at the Bagdad ..in the early days, had to have accents when we talked to the customers, to carry out the non-girl-next-door thing. The Beginning When she came out to dance in the audience, I thought to myself, "She better not get too near to my husband!"
Bert Balladine		Dancer Teacher
Dahlena		Dancer
Fadil Shahin		Musician Club Owner
Fouad Marzouk		Musician
Galya		Dancer
George Elias-#1		Club Owner Musician Jad's brother Yousef's brother-in-law	Nadia Elias writes a tribute to her father
George Elias-#2		Musician	called "George the Jerk" by some!
George T		Barker now works at "Big Al's"
Jad Elias		Musician
Jalaleddin Takesh		Musician Club Owner
Jamila Salimpour		Dancer Club Owner? Teacher
John Compton		Dancer Teacher
Kirk Templeton		Customer
Latifa		Dancer Teacher
Marliza Pons		Dancer
Naji Baba		Musician Teacher TV Show Producer
Najia		Dancer Teacher Writer	More by Najia The North Beach Project I took leave before I was invited to leave.
Nazir Latouf		Musician
Nisima		Dancer
Rhea		Dancer Teacher	More by Rhea Rhea reminisces We weren't the Beat Generation, we were the Belly Generation Rhea Recounts, Part I-Of Hips and Hippies: The "Good Old Days" in San Francisco I used to come out in a simple costume dancing to a rendition of the Coasters' "Little Egypt" dancing barefoot and pregnant. Rhea Recounts, Part II, Of Belly Dancers, Bullets & The Men in Blue, or A Change of Scene: Rhea moves to Greece Where the bullet went, or how close it came to hitting us, I'll never know...
Sabah / Jamie Miller		Dancer Teacher
Sadirah		Dancer Teacher
Saida Asmar		Dancer Club Owner
Salah Takesh		Musician Jalal's brother
Satrinya		Dancer
Shamira		Dancer
Taka		Dancer Costumer
Vince Delgado		Musician	For more info about Vince, see his web site.
Yasmeen		Dancer
Yousef Mustafa		Musician- drummer
Yousef Koumdjian		Club Owner Musician-violin

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