* Middle Eastern Belly Dancing * Stories for Dancers *
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* Authentic Costume * Costuming * Tassel Making *
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* Egypt * Turkey & the Ottomans * Morocco *
* Gulf States * Africa *
* Tuareg * Berber * Bedouin *
* Contemporary Middle East * The Harem *
* Arabic Poetry * Books for Kids *

* Techniques & Methods * Creative Process *

* Orientalism * Ottomans * Arabic History *
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* Strengthening * Pilates * Stretching * Healing *
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* Arabic Music * Arabic Singers * Ear Training *
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* Makeup Technique * Stage Makeup * Cosmetics *

* Orientalists * Design Images * Ancient Egypt * Erte *

Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds Mahmoud Al-Batal, Kristen Brustad, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Mahmound Al-Batal

Booknews: A workbook that provides the first 20 contact hours of instruction, laying a groundwork for the rest of the textbook series (from Georgetown U. Press). Using both standard Arabic and the Egyptian dialect, it introduces 150 basic vocabulary words, including social greetings and terms of politeness. Companion audio- and videocassettes are available. Three-hole punched.

201 Arabic Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Forms Raymond P. Scheindlin

Pretty much what it sounds like...

Berlitz Arabic Cassette Pack

If you've ever studied a language using a Berlitz tape, this format will be familiar. Easy, clear, and fairly basic, but quite useful.

Colloquial Arabic of Egypt Russell McGuirk

Another reader's review: Outstanding! "Mumtez!" Filled with proverbs, truly useful phrases and easy to follow grammatical break-downs, this book/tape is a refreshing change in a field dominated by works on "Al-Fusha" (Classical Arabic).

English-Arabic Conversational Dictionary Richard Jaschke

If you're gonna learn Arabic, you'll need one of these...

Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook Scott Wayne

I don't have this one, but it's published by the same folks who do the Lonely Planet video series - and I LOVE those...

Living Language Fast & Easy Arabic: The 60-Minute Survival Program/Audio Cassette Mansour Ajami

I have used other tapes by Living Language - I found them easy to use.

Publisher's synopsis: Designed for travelers who want to learn basic phrases and for anyone wanting to sample a new language. Each package contains an audioscript with pronunciation guide.

Lonely Planet Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook Africa (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit) Dan Bacon

I don't have this one, but it's published by the same folks who do the Lonely Planet video series - and I LOVE those...

Language 30 Turkish

I have used other tapes by Living Language - I found them easy to use.

Teach Yourself Turkish Complete Course; With 2 Cassettes Asuman Celen Pollard, David Pollard

I have this on order, I'll update when it comes in.

Reader's review: On content and presentation... I was looking for a book that had in depth information about how the language works, as well as one with good examples. The book is very applicable to one that expects to travel to Turkey or to another Turkish speaking state in a time frame of 3-6 months.

Colloquial Turkish - Book and Cassette Sinan Bayraktaroglu

I have this on order, I'll update when it comes in. I have used other books by the Colloquial people, nice, useful, ... speak like a local...

English-Turkish Turkish-English Dictionary (Hippocrene Standard Dictionary) Kemal Kilic (Editor)

And if you're gonna learn Turkish, you'll need this...

Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit) Tom Brosnahan

I don't have this one yet, it's on order, but it's published by the same folks who do the Lonely Planet video series - and I LOVE those... An audio cassette to accompany this phrasebook is available from the author's web site at www.infoexchange.com.

Lonely Planet Travel Guide - Turkey

Lots of info, details, insider's tips (almost 800 pages worth!) Not a lot of pictures.

Lonely Planet Atlas - Turkey

An atlas of maps for Turkey, large and mid scale... not a travel guide - only maps.