[*] Folks, I have seen what will be required for this years land grab, so hurry and call Neefa for information that she will need from you for the camp this year.
[*] Last year, Shandra helped me with a hearing impaired drumming student. So help me, I'm going deaf from teaching!
[+] Kamilah says she had difficulty interpreting this paticular piece. I was hoping for some constructive comments on a notation that would make things clear. Kamilah says that the common method in teaching Israeli folk dance is to break down the dance into steps, and then teach those first, followed by the combination of steps.
[*] A reference to the hadith of Abu Bakr.
[[[daggerdbl]]] 580 Riverview Dr., Columbus OH 43202
[+] East Kingdom University
[*] Some, not all of the readership are in fact practicing Muslims. Most have personas closely associated with the cultures influenced by the Islamic religion.
[*] Nicole asked this question in a recent letter.
[+] From which we get the Frankish word "harem"
[*] Watch for Rashid's European Caveat!
[+] Ed Note: This is consistent with videos of modern Ghawazee dancers that I have seen.
[[[daggerdbl]]] Kind of like the "tea tray" dance I've seen done by Tarik abd al-Malik.
[+] "forbidden"
[1]Hitti, Phillip K., History of the Arabs, Macmillian and Co, C. 1949 pg. 49
[2]Boulnois, Luce, The Silk Road, Houghton Press, C. 1966 (translated by Dennis Chamberlain) pg. 57
[3]Ibid. pg. 43-45
[4]Lewis, Bernard ed., Islam and the Arab World, Knoph C. 1976 pg.76
[5]Ibid. pg.?
[6]Ibid. pg. 69
[*] I spoke to Chengir on this. Al-Bagdadi comments in 981 CE on the arrangment of the suras (the order of the suras is interpreted as significant by the non-believers), and Sir Richard Burton (of the 1001 Nights fame) makes note of the arrangment of the suras in the shortest to longest form. It seems that it was customary to have a great celebration when the son of the shieka learned (recited) his first verse of the Koran. The ordering of the suras from shortest to longest makes sense from the perspective of using them to teach the children to memorize them (the Koran also served as the primer in Arabic for the Islamic world.) The modern arrangement of the suras was fixed by the Turks in the late 18th century.
[+] Chengir prepared the dictionary from the perspective of his personna, as though living and writing from the perspective of the period. "If I wouldn't have known about it, I didn't write about it."
[*] Thias Banu's Unvieled Thoughts, listed in the Resources.
[*] Sadika will be teaching drumming with music (other instruments) and other drumming styles. This will teach you how to play along with certain songs that have a characteristic rhythm pattern. I will also be teaching (later in the day) intermediate drumming of new rhythms and other skills.
[[[daggerdbl]]] Sartakh and I have been working on building the Web page using the past several issues. You can link through to them at http://www.ecl.psu.edu/~dew which is my home page address.
[*] Garanhir al-Faris is a practicing Muslim, and has related to me that, on ocassion, he has found it difficult to observe specific practices at SCA events, most notably a feast that was served before sundown during Ramadan (no slight was intended, and he lamented on missing out on some of the fine fare that was served. May his piety be an example to us all!
[+] The Armenians for one, and during the crusades, many Nazzars (Christians) were present in the Holy Land. The Jews also figured prominantly in this region, as well as in al-Andalus (Spain). Consider Sicily, Corsica, and Southern France as well.
[*] Yes, and thank you VERY much!
[*] Listed in Resources in prior issues.
[*] Many of the "new" rhythms I teach each year I get from this source.
[*] The zakat (Sweetening) is the sharing of wealth. A tithe of 2.5% is expected of Muslims to be shared with the needy. In a way, you have recreated the zakat for the umma (community).
[*] kariim (noble), karamak (hospitality), and kuramaa' (generous) are all based on the same root consanants, as well as principles.