RESOURCES
Check out Amani's dance and academic publications on the next page! Amani's Publications
BOOKS
"A Trade Like Any Other: Female Dancers and Singers in Egypt" (1995)
by Karin VanNieuwkerk" - Ethnography of female entertainers in Egypt
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DP7ABTA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
"The Bellydance Reader" Volume 1 (2012) & Volume 2 (2014)
Edited by Gilded Serpent - Anthology of essays from many of the leaders in our Middle Eastern music and dance community...including me!!!
http://www.gildedserpent.com/reader/
"Belly A Visual Appreciation" (2012)
photos by Robert McCurley with commentary by Amani Jabril
http://www.buildsxsemagazine.com/2012/11/belly-visual-appreciation/
Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East (1998)
Edited by Sherifa Zuhur - Anthology of essays across the disciplines of dance, music, visual art and theatre from scholars, critics and artists.
https://www.amazon.com/Images-Enchantment-Visual-Performing-Middle/dp/9774244672
Colors of Enchantment: Theatre, Dance, Music and the Visual Arts of the Middle East (2010) Edited by Sherifa Zuhur - Companion volume to Images of Enchantment. Anthology of essays across the disciplines of dance, music, visual art and theatre from scholars, critics and artists.