Book Recommendations
History, Culture and Background
The Red TentHer name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that tell of her father, Jacob, and his twelve sons.
This book fills in what life may have been like for Dinah. |
Grandmother's SecretsA personal memoir with the history and theory of the dance known in the West as belly dancing
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A Trade like Any OtherThe paradox of Egyptian society.
Singing and dancing are considered essential on happy occasions, but the entertainers themselves are often viewed as disreputable people |