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Welcome to the newest and no doubt most exciting on-line publication for enthusiasts of Middle Eastern Performing Arts.  As you visit our many columns of interest we hope you will find your time on the iShimmy.com site exhilarating and motivating.  Please let us know how you have enjoyed your trip through the iShimmy pages. 

iShimmy's first recipient of the "Exceptional Contributor Award", Nizana el Rassan! ........Nizana has a quick wit, fabulous sense of humor and generous heart. I am so grateful she chose you readers and iShimmy.com to share her experience and knowledge with – we are lucky to have her and I am honored to know her and call her friend. . . . . . With titles to her articles like "We're Not Here for the Drama, Mama", "Pie Anyone", and "East Side, West Side and Beyond", it is clear she doesn't shy away from the many difficult issues our communities face. Read More