The Fez Tones Hafla is my favorite local event. I'm lucky enough to be the hostess and listen to this wonderful live music every month. In April, the band will be playing one of their new songs, and I will perform a milaya dance to it. I'll be joining guest dancers Odalys, Anna Skibinsky, and […]
Come and see what Latifa's School of Middle Eastern Dance has been up to! The show will include group dances by Latifa's students and her troupe, Banat al-Beled, as well as solos by Latifa and local dancers. This event is a benefit for a local animal rescue organization, Rude Ranch. If you cannot come to […]
Tunisia has a richly mixed cultural heritage that includes Phoenician, Berber, Roman, early Christian, Islamic and Jewish elements. The folkloric Tunisian style is tribal and earthy and features horizontal twisting of the hips and pelvic movements. The dancer executes twisting movements to increasingly faster music and sometimes dances with scarves or a pot balanced on […]
Latifa's popular troupe, Banat al-Beled, will perform at Art of the Belly in Ocean City, MD. Their performance time is 6:18.
Sorry, this event has been canceled.
I'm thrilled to be bringing in an expert on the dancing of the Ghawazee (althernate spelling Ghawazi) of Egypt. These traditional street performers of Egypt fascinated westerners for more than a century. Originally, ghawazee were street performers who danced all over Egypt. Edward Lane noted in his 1836 classic Manners and Customs of the Modern […]
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Enjoy your Thanksgiving, and be sure to have that extra piece of pie!
Our December Hafla will feature Farah Abi, Na'la, Khuzama, and as headliner, our hostess, Latifa! As usual, this event will be set to live music by the Fez Tones, your hometown hafla band. The second part of the show will feature music for open dancing, so bring your hip scarf! The New Deal Cafe is […]
Come see me dance at my favorite event! Art of the Belly is a wonderful festival every March in Ocean City, MD. For more information about this fun event, visit http://www.artofthebelly.net/