Chicago Bellydancer Shahina

Belly Dance Artistry by Shahina
Belly Dance News Archive from Early 2006

The topic of Middle Eastern belly dance and related subjects continued to pop up in news in 2006. Shahina was featured in several articles. The ominous spectre of censorship, both at home and abroad, seemed to cast a longer shadow.

More recent articles are posted on the in the news page. For news and information specifically about Shahina and her dance use the links on the left-hand side of this page.

Articles in Descending Order by Date:

News from later in 2006

June 30 2006 Doha Qatar Gulf News
Reasons for Banning Belly Dancing a Mystery

June 26 2006 Doha Qatar Gulf News
Tourism Body Bans Belly Dancing in Hotels

June 19 2006 Heidelberg Germany Stars & Stripes
European Spotlight: Oriental Dancers

June 17 2006 Seattle Washington Post-Intelligencer
Dancers Mass for Navel Maneuvers

June 12 2006 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Star Phoenix
Pregnant Women Dance Way to Smooth Delivery

June 2 2006 Chicago Illinois Daily Herald
Bingo Schmingo

May 29 2006 Chicago Illinois Beep
Shaking It in the Suburbs: Belly Dancing is the Latest Craze

May 25 2006 Stockholm Sweden Go Travel
Sweden Celebrates the Belly Beautiful

May 10 2006 Modesto California Bee
Supervisors Misstep in Dance of Their Own

May 9 2006 Modesto California Library Journal
County Official Cancels Library Belly Dance Program

May 1 2006 Thunder Bay Ontario Source
Belly Dancing Great for Body, Mind and Spirit

April 22 2006 Orlando Florida Sentinel
Belly Dancer's No Stripper, She's Just a Little Exotic

April 7 2006 India Fashion Week
Middle East: Hotbed for Designers

April 6 2006 London England Independent
Hamas and the Sexual Power of Real Women

April 6 2006 Gaza Palestine Mail & Guardian
Belly Dancing Out, Cinema In

March 2 2006 Bastakiya Bur Dubai Gulf News
Frozen Images From 19th Century Arabia

March 1 2006 Beijing China Daily
Young Urban Chinese Get Hip to Belly Dancing

February 16 2006 Edinburgh Scotland Evening News
We're Belly Pleased to Offer You a Job

February 12 2006 Woodstock Vermont Times Argus
Vermonters Finding Inner Beauty Through Belly Dancing

January 27 2006 Payson Arizona Roundup
Shake Your Booty Middle Eastern Style

January 25 2006 Hood River Oregon New West
Two Rivers, One Artist

January 23 2006 Champaign Illinois Daily Illini
Belly Dancing 101
(Click here if you are looking for Shahina's Belly Dance 101)

January 12 2006 Lisbon Portugal Resident
Portuguese Marry Less But Spend More

January 11 2006 DeWitt Arkansas Era-Enterprise
My Big Fat Greek New Year's

January 10 2006 Chandler Arizona Republic
Love of Dance Drives Resident to Teach Dance

January 5 2006 Ahmedabad India The Times
Did Belly Dancers Give Kids a Bellyache?

Related Links:
Current Middle Eastern Dance News
Bellydance News Archive 2007
Bellydance News Archive 2005 | Bellydance News Archive 2004
Bellydance News Archive 2003 | Bellydance News Archive 2002
Bellydance News Archive 2001 | Bellydance News Archive 2000
Bellydance News Archive 1999 | Bellydance News Archive 1998
Bellydance News Archive 1997 & Prior


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The links above are posted for the edification and entertainment of Shahina's students and clients. A link does not imply an affiliation with or endorsement of any site, person, or organization. Shahina is in no way responsible for their respective contents, and the opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Shahina.

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