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Features a celebration of female dancers of the Arab world. This book traces the origins of this ancient art, which survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval and changing times. It demonstrates how Arabic dance came to be influenced by Western ideas about art and entertainment.
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- Title
- Serpent of the Nile
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Wendy Buonaventura
- Publisher
- Interlink Books
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1566567912
- ISBN13
- 9781566567916
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- Features a celebration of female dancers of the Arab world. This book traces the origins of this ancient art, which survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval and changing times. It demonstrates how Arabic dance came to be influenced by Western ideas about art and entertainment.