Music Used in Classes & Workshops,
Books of Interest for Further Study
and Videos You May Enjoy

Many of Magda’s students have asked about the music she uses in her classes and workshops. Below you will find a selection of CDs that contain some of the music she uses. They can be purchased at Amazon or any number of other online or brick-and-mortar locations.

For anyone interested in learning more about the history of this dance form and about Middle Eastern culture in general, she recommends a few books and videos, below. Also included are some books and dramatic films that are worth reading/watching, although not necessarily “scholarly.”

To contact Magda directly call:
773-315-2122 or e-mail for more information.

Magda also has music CDs from Turkey for sale!

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Music

Claude Chalhoub Claude Chalhoub	Angels of Venice Angels of Venice
Everyday Louie	World Lounge various artists	Arabic Groove various artists	Tab Leh Ragheb Alama
Balkans without Borders various artists
Alleys of Istanbul Turku	Nomads of the Silk Road Turku	Özlem Turku	Turkish Bellydance: Secret of My Heart Ensemble Huseyin Turkmenler
Turkish Belly Dance: Desert Night Dance Ensemble Huseyin Turkmenler	Turkish Bellydance: Nasrah Ensemble Huseyin Turkmenler	Alla-Turca with Ozel Özel Turkbas	How to Make Your Husband a Sultan Özel Turkbas
Turkish Bellydance Shahrazat	Oriental Belly Dance Sultana Karima
Gipsy Rum Burhan Oçal & the Turkish Oriental Ensemble	Gypsies of Turkey Ahmet Kusgoz Ve Arkadaslari	Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul Kemani Cemal	Gypsy Fire Richard Hagopian & Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Gypsy Caravan various artists	Rough Guide: Music of the Gypsies various artists	World of Gypsies various artists	World of Gypsies II various artists
All the Best of Belly Dancing various artists	Gypsy Passion: New Flamenco various artists	Legends of Gypsy Flamenco various artists
Kef Time Richard A. Hagopian	Best of Armenian Folk Music Richard A. Hagopian
Princess of Cairo Ali Hamouda	Source of Fire Hossam Ramzy	Midnight Magic Dr. Samy Farag
Best of Baladi and Saaidi Hossam Ramzy
Arabica various artists	A Prayer for the Soul of Layla Jamshied Sharifi	From Maghrab to Mashreq various artists
Belly Dance! George Abdo	The Magic of Belly Dancing George Abdo	The Joy of Belly Dancing George Abdo	The Art of Belly Dancing George Abdo
Rumba Argelina Radio Tarifa	Temporal Rafio Tarifa	Fiebre Radio Tarifa	Cruzando el Rio Radio Tarifa

Other Belly Dance CDs

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Grandmother’s Secrets Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi	The Belly Dance Book Tazz Richards, et al.	Serpent of the Nile Wendy Buonaventura
Oriental Belly Dance Kemal Ozdemir	Looking for Little Egypt Donna Carlton
Costuming from the Hip Dawn Devine Brown	Bedlah, Baubles and Beads Dawn Devine Brown	From Turban to Toe Ring Dawn Devine Brown
Harem: The World Behind the Veil Alev Lytle Croutier	A Trade Like Any Other Karin van Nieuwkerk
Crescent Diana Abu-Jaber
Snake Hips Anne Thomas Soffee
The Zen of Groups Dale Hunter, et al.	The Art of Facilitation Dale Hunter, et al.

Other Belly Dance-Related Books

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Videos/DVDs

Performance • History • Drama

Suhaila Unveiled	A Night at the Casablanca	Lifting the Veil of Time
Latcho Drom	Suleyman the Magnificent
Satin Rouge	Golden Earrings

Other Movies: VHS or DVD

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