The track listings of the mixes I use in belly dance basics:

Basics MIX 1

• Hatha Ana – Adam – Now That’s What I Call Arabia 9
• Heya Di – Tamer Hosny – Arrab Kaman
• Ah Wa Nuss – Nancy Ajram – Ah Wa Nuss
• Leih Bidary Keda – Ruby – Ebaa Abelny
• El Kalam Da Remix – Sherine Ahmed – Bataminak
• Ballad E – Pete List – Songs for Kassar
• Habibi – Boomtang – Arabian Nights (Club & Chillout Classics) [UK] Disc 1
• Daret Al Ayam Remix – Various Artists – Essential Bellydance
• IndiArab – Turbo Tabla – The Belly and the Beat
• The Sensual Chifti – Cairo Orchestra – Aziza Raks and Phaedra Pharonica – Cairo Orchestra – Aziza Raks
• Moment of Doubt – Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Whirling and Desert Twilight – Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Fire Dance

Basics MIX 2

• Allah Alam / Fadel Shaker / Allah Alam
• Mafina – Katia Harb / Various Artists / Arabian Nights (Club & Chillout Classics) [UK] Disc 1
• Ragab / Haifa Wehbe / NOW Dance Arabia 2006
• Habibi Ala Neyato – Jannat / Jannat / Collection
• Sma’ani / Carole Samaha / Now That’s What I Call Arabia 9
• Batwannis Beek / Reg Project / Bellydance Superstars Vol. IV
• Just Like A Dream (cut) / Natacha Atlas / Something Dangerous
• Telgrafin Tellerine Kuslar mi Konar / Candan Ercetin / Aman Doktor
• Sinanay / Tanyeli / Turkish Belly Dancer
• Wusul Ila Baghdad / Various Artists / Essential Bellydance
• Song of the Pharaohs / Omar Faruk Tekbilek / Dance into Eternity
• Moment Of Doubt / Omar Faruk Tekbilek / Whirling
• Ara’ya / Omar Faruk Tekbilek / One Truth

Basics MIX 3

• Duz Halay -Ahmet Luleci’s Turkish Mix
• Teakhart Sheway – Nancy Ajram – Nancy7
• Cakmak – Sibel Can & Tarkan – Aksam Sefas
• Baldyat – Nancy Ajram – Betfakar Fe Eih
• Shahzade – Guy Manoukian – Assouman
• Basina Bela Olurum – Tarkan – Ölürüm Sana
• Tsiftetelli - The Toids – Unblocked Ears
• Al Nagham – Orientronic – Arabian Nights (Club & Chillout Classics) [UK]
• Newroz – Kardeş Türküler – Bahar
• Raqsat Vashti – Kairo By Night – Hadiya
• Alchem-Irina – Pete List – Songs For Kassar
• Ayrılıklarda – Yansımalar – Bab-ı Esrar
• Sunrise in Turquoise – Harel Shachal & ANISTAR – Esh

The track listings of the mixed CD I use for the finger cymbals warmup in Belly Dance Essentials:

• Ebaa Abelny – Ruby
• El Gharam – Ruby
• Leih Bydary Keda – Ruby
• Yala Yala – Hakim
• Metakhda – Haifa Wehbe
• Matolch Li Had – Haifa Wehbe
• Zaina – Mohamed Abdel Wahad – Ashraf Zakaria
• Adawiya "Violin Takseem" – Ali Kurdi

The track listings of the mixed CD I use for sword practice in Belly Dance Essentials:

• Alchem-Irina – Pete List – Songs For Kassar
• Duz Halay – Ahmet Luleci’s Turkish Dance Music Mix
• Teasing Ways – Movses Panossian & Avo Arutunian – Serpent’s Garden
• Sahirrnee – George Abdo – Belly Dance!: The Best of George Abdo and His Flames of Araby Orchestra
• John the Baptist and Salome – Michael Askill & Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Dance into Eternity, Selected Pieces 1987-1998
• Shashkin (Hefner Remix) – Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Arabesque
• Habebe (Tamrahenna’s Vicorious Sword Edit) – Anne Dudley And Jaz Coleman – Songs From The Victorious City
• Aahat (Shems’s extended Edit) – Wael Kfouri – Bellydance SuperStars Vol II
• Desert Orchid – Kairo By Night – Lahadat
• 1001 Nights & Days – Beirut Biloma – Blue
• Mon Amie La Rose – Natacha Atlas – Best of
• Modern Mystics – Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Fire Dance
• Ballad E – Pete List – Songs For Kassar
• Camel Race – DJ Mosavo – Sensual Goddess
• Raks el Malek (Dance for the King) – George Abdo – Belly Dance!: The Best of George Abdo and His Flames of Araby Orchestra
• Raqsat Vashti – Kairo By Night – Hadiya
• Salome’s Seven Veils (Shems’s edit) – Ahmed Abdel Fattah – Magic Dance Vol.1 : The 7 Veils Dance
• Half Moon (part 2) – Harel Shachal & ANISTAR – Esh
• Serpent’s Rapture – Movses Panossian & Avo Arutunian – Serpent’s Garden
• Two Gypsies – Solace – Shawaza
• Tribal Dream – Galactic Caravan
• Kedar – Solace – Shawaza
• Yasmina – Manoukian, Guy – Arabian Nights 2 (CD1)
• The Lantern – Beats Antique
• La-Saber – Nawal
• Sayyef Ya Sayf - Fairuz – Dabkat 2
• Day 6 – Explosions In The Sky – The Rescue
• Azeri – Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Crescent Moon
• Mazaj – Beirut Biloma – Arabian Nights 2 (CD1)
• Drive Me To Beirut (radio edit) – Biloma
• Darshan – Djin – The Middle East Side
• Sevda – John Bilezikjian – The ‘Magic’ of John Bilezikjian – Orientale Delight
• Caspian Winds – Omar Faruk Tekbilek -Whirling
• Sad Sand Girl – Harel Shachal & Anistar – Esh
• People – Sarab
• Brooklyn Baladi – Djinn – The Middle East Side
• Sword Dance – Haissam Sallah Eddine – Oriental Magic Dance 5
• Barra Barra – Rachid Taha
• Warda – Asena – Asena
• Ice Queen – Paul Dinletir – Bellydance Superstars Vol. 1

Rhythm CDs I use in class:

• The Dancing Drum by Issam – 14 Arabic rhythms & 3 nice drum solos by the drummer for the Belly Dance Super Stars
• Jalilah’s Raks Sharki 4 – 23 Arabic rhythms & examples of them in classic songs.
• Uncle Mafufo’s 25 Essential Rhythms – 25 common belly dance rhythms including Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Pakistani rhythms. He speaks the rhythm, then plays it.
• Nourhan Sharif Presents Arabic Rhythms Volumes 1(Wahid),2(Eitneen),3(Talata) and Rhythms from Around the Arab World – a series of CDs full of a variety of Arabic Rhythms. There is introductory information about each rhythm. Each CD has 8-10 rhythms and 2 drum solos.
• Souhail Kaspar’s Awzan: Arab Rhythmic Modes – good variety of Arabic Rhythms some with other instruments as accompaniment.