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SAQRA'S RAQ'S EL SEHR SHAMAL MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE TROUPE

OUR MEMBERSHIP Updated 01/13

Current active membership: Saqra, Ketifa (Katie), Galatea (Felicia), Aliyah (Lori), Ti'mari (Tea), Titania (Janet), Chameli (Laura), Rajeeyah (RaeJeanna), Jamilla (Amanda), Kalila (Mandi), Amirah, Kat

Currently inactive members: Rajna (Suzanne), Shelha (Cammie), Maleea (Darla), Jawahir Bahia (Jewel), Diana (Jennifer), Sonya, Casey, Farasha Abir (Vanessa), Tonya, Basimah Dalal (Christy), Caryn, Sharon, Basima (Peggy), Meridian (Karla), Setsuna (Serenity), Janet D, Mahirimah (Dionne), Candy, Zanthia Selene (Cindy), Soraya (Sarah), Nika (Nicole)

PURPOSE OF OUR TROUPE

Raqs El Sehr Shamal -- meaning Dance of Magic North -- is the sister troupe to Saqra's Raqs El Sehr Dance Troupe in Portland.

This troupe was formed February of 2002... our philosophy is to remain an exciting, entertaining dance troupe while fostering friendship and sisterhood in the dance community. It is required you play nice with others to be a member of Raqs El Sehr, and we are proud of it. We are all ages, all sizes, all ethnic backgrounds and all dancers!

GENERAL INFORMATION

Saqra's Raqs el Sehr Shamal did their first public performance April 6 in Olympia at MasUda's Benefit for Camp Goodtimes (a children's camp for cancer patients and their siblings).

Since then we have performed at county fairs, Renaissance faires, festivals, benefits & auctions, and untold other places. We were the featured entertainment at a Seattle women's conference! We were also featured in performance on a few different instructional DVDs.

PICTURES

MedFest 2007 - Ayesha, Candy, Tea, Mahirimah, Saqra, Galatea, Janet, Meridian, Cindy, Ketifa

This is a pic of Raqs el Sehr (S) from Portland and Raqs el Sehr Shamal (SS) from Seattle performing together at the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival 2002.

From left to right: Ayeesha (S), Diana (SS), Besima (SS), Jawahir (SS), Saniah (S), Rajna (SS), Karen (S), Selena (S), Saqra (S,SS), Basimah Dalal (SS), Katifa (SS), Maleea (SS), Meridian (SS)

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