Raqia Hassan's Ahlan wa Sahlan festival made it to CNN. I thought it was an interesting news bite, and overall pretty positive compared to how oriental dance is usually portrayed by the media:
http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/fullbvideo.php?id=14636
The Ahlan wa Sahlan dance contest mentioned caught my attention because the winner was Bozenka, the dancer that A'isha and Moon were discussing on a thread on the old forum site just a few days ago. Here's a clip, and clips of the second and third place dancers:
First place dancer (Bozenka from US)
http://www.baladi.ru/AHLANWASAHLAN_2...nka_1place.wmv
Second place dancer (Natalia Kurashko, Russian?)
http://www.baladi.ru/AHLANWASAHLAN_2...hko_2place.wmv
Third place dancer (Beata from ?)
http://www.baladi.ru/AHLANWASAHLAN_2...ata_3place.wmv
Discuss?:p
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