Amina delivers Giza Award to Raqia Hassan at

2006 Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival

Gilded Serpent presents...
Giza Awards 2005
A Cultural Odyssey
by Rebecca Firestone
Every year a crowd gathers in the basement of a colorfully decorated home in the hills of San Francisco to witness history being made, re-made, or more accurately declared. Now entering its tenth year, the Giza Awards were created by Amina Goodyear and Gregory Burke as an extension of the Giza Club, which is an educational and research organization founded by Amina.
Only one of many events sponsored by the Giza Club, this event took place from 7:30 to midnight, and included awards with clips similar to the Academy Awards. Following the awards was first-peek premiere of a brand-new documentary.
Judging for these awards is an arduous process. This year Amina and Gregory received over 40 submissions, including documentary films, instructional videos, and performance compilations...click to continue

Gilded Serpent presents...
“The Bellydancers of Cairo”
An interview with filmmaker Natasha Senkovich
by Betsey Flood 

...The Bellydancers of Cairo was first shown to a live audience at the Giza Academy of Music and Legends of Dance Video Awards in San Francisco, California on December 3, 2005, where it received the award for “Best Documentary.” GS caught up with Senkovich at the awards and later in 2006 to capture the story behind her work. Since that time, The Copeland Group has picked up and distributed the film...click to continue

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