For the past 15 years she has run the Belly Dancers’ B&B in Cairo hosting dancers from around the world, and facilitating live music parties, workshops and connecting guests with Egyptian culture.
The English Rose of Cairo
Yasmina of Cairo is a performer, teacher and choreographer with a lifetime of experience in Egyptian oriental dance that includes over 25 years based in Cairo, where she performed for nearly a decade with her orchestra, as well as dancing her way around many Middle Eastern countries.
She is also in demand teaching and performing worldwide at festivals and dance events.
The Yasmina of Cairo Music Collection
Yasmina has been producing music for dancers in Cairo since 1999. She has seven CD music collections, each one containing a wide variety of music for belly dance and folklore. There is especially composed original music, with a majencee opening piece on each album as well as other original compositions in the form of tableaux and set pieces in different Egyptian folkloric styles. She has rerecorded many classic Egyptian songs using the vocal talents of a variety of singers. This collection is an absolute must for belly dancers, recorded to emulate the live style of an Egyptian orchestra and ready to use for all your shows and other dance opportunities – or just to listen to for pleasure!
To see six of Yasmina’s seven CDs, click here, or choose one of the albums to the right.
Yasmina's Films
Beginning with the 2007 documentary ‘Journey of Desire’, Yasmina has been producing films about the dance world in Egypt for many years. Her four-part series ‘In Our Own Words, The Cairo Dance Scene Explained’, is a valuable resource for those wanting to learn more about the contemporary world of belly dance in Cairo, and although the last interviews were conducted in 2021, it remains the most comprehensive study of the dance scene to date. The series takes the form of interviews with twenty-two dancers, both Egyptian and foreign, looking not only at their professional lives but exploring the scene from the perspective of the managers, musicians and public that make up the world of belly dance
as entertainment in Egypt.
