{"id":10391,"date":"2024-08-06T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=10391"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:24:50","slug":"belly-dance-history-new-book-raqs-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/08\/belly-dance-history-new-book-raqs-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Belly Dance History &#8211; New Book &#8220;Raqs in the City&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to take a quick moment to share the news about Heather D. Ward aka Nisaa&#8217;s new book &#8220;Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo&#8221; is now out.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in belly dance history, Nisaa&#8217;s books are a &#8220;Must Read.&#8221; I picked up mine on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cg0nyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle<\/a> to save space, but it is also available in print.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend Heather&#8217;s first book too.\u00a0 Visit her website for more details about her current and upcoming projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellydancewithnisaa.com\/\">https:\/\/www.bellydancewithnisaa.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Aug. 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cg0nyo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/08\/belly-dance-history-new-book-raqs-in-the-city\/81svjt6mewl-_sl1500_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=580%2C870&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=580%2C870&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo&quot; by Heather D. Ward\" width=\"580\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/08\/belly-dance-history-new-book-raqs-in-the-city\/\"><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"&quot;Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo&quot; by Heather D. Ward\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" data-attachment-id=\"10392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/08\/belly-dance-history-new-book-raqs-in-the-city\/81svjt6mewl-_sl1500_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=580%2C870&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><p>I wanted to take a quick moment to share the news about Heather D. Ward aka Nisaa&#8217;s new book &#8220;Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo&#8221; is now out. If you&#8217;re interested in belly dance history, Nisaa&#8217;s books are a &#8220;Must Read.&#8221; I picked up mine on Kindle to save space, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81Svjt6meWL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-2HB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10396,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10391\/revisions\/10396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}