Rakkasah East Report, More Photos
part 2

Photos and comments by Zulieka

Zulieka here, reporting back on my trip to the Rakkasah East Festival on October 19th, 20th and 21st of 2001, in New Jersey.

click image for enlargement Ghazal Rohani of New York Good Dancer!	Dalia Carrela She was hot!	click image for full view A last minute add in the schedule, Ailet from Israel. She was great!
Tahia, New Jersey What do you think of this costume?	Jamilla Al Wahid Great, as usual!	click image for detail Leila Haddah, Tunisian Dancer
Nourhan Sharif from New York. She was talented.	Arritah from Hamburg, Germany She was a Rakkasah teacher.	Zarafah, Germany 'Loved her costume!
I loved her costume. Who is she?	Artemis from Washington, DC. Can you tell this is a woman? She danced and was really good. What an inventive costume!	2 Rakkasah Teachers, Rhea & Jihan Jamal. She was great. I loved her, very Egyptian.
Left-Troupe Miraj, Harrisburg, PA. They wore jeans, tattoos, and blinking belly button jewels. They were one of the highlights of the event, "pushing the envelope" so to speak. Right-Silk Road Dance Company (without Laurel Grey)

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