My beautiful wife, a fabulous belly dancer: www.dameshe.com My talented web-designer wife (same one), designer of this site and others: www.indelible-link.com My new band Zikrayat www.zikrayatmusic.com Lotus music and dance, where I’ll be offering a class in Maqam this spring www.lotusarts.com M.E.D. Folktours Music and Dance Camp, where I'll be teaching in May: http://folktours.com/campusa.html Lark Camp, a world music and dance camp held in August in Mendocino, CA: www.larkcamp.com For more information on maqam, as well as recordings linked to each maqam (an informative and easily usable site): www.maqamworld.com Arab Artists Resources and Training, which has a global events calendar: http://www.aart.ws Multi-instrumentalist and composer Nikolai Ruskin: www.nikolairuskin.com Arabic Buzuq Player, jazz musician, and composer Tariq Abboushi: www.shusmo.com Indian Vocalist Falguni Shah: www.falumusic.com Indian group Karyshma (With Falguni and Gaurav Shah): www.karyshma.com California Based Helm Music: www.helmmusic.com Cairo based violinist Alfred Gamil and his group Firqat Qithara: www.qithara.com Oud player and violinist Simon Shaheen: www.simonshaheen.com Arabic Music Retreat, a weeklong intensive music workshop held in August in Mt. Holyoke, MA: www.simonshaheen.com/retreat.htm Photographer Lina Jang, specialized in wedding and belly dance photography; photographer of the violin that appears on this site and several other pictures: www.jangweddingphotography.com www.bellydancephotography.com Washington, D.C. area gutter cleaning services: www.novagutters.com