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I am director of Raks Benazir, a tribal fusion dance troupe based in Denver, Colorado
www.raksbenazir.com
We have many performances under our hip belts at events such as The Colorado Dark Arts Festival, Opus Fantasy Arts Festival,
The Tribal Soiree, etc.

I have been obsessed with belly dance since 1992 and have been performing since about 1996. My dance background is in Egyptian cabaret style, but I went "tribal" in 2001 when RaksBenazir was born. We recently produced our own show, Beyond the Veil, with Kara Nomadica, Serpent Moon and Tribe Ama'la and it was a great success! Our next event will be a belly dance track in tandem with the Colorado Dark Arts Festival!

I also create electronic music with middle eastern and indian elements and recently released my first cd, called Eka (which is a Sanskrit word meaning "one."
You can hear a sample of that here: www.zelhayal.com or at www.myspace.com/zelhayal.
mp3 downloads are available there, and on emusic and iTunes!
The cd is also available through me directly--just e mail me for further info. It's also availalbe at my Etsy Store: www.ZelH.etsy.com, on CDBABY: cdbaby.com/cd/zelhayal and in Colorado, it's at Marrakech & Paprika

I make and sell tribal style costuming, hair falls, leather tribal belts, cowrie falls and medallions and art dolls.
Please check out my shop at: www.ZelH.etsy.com

I'm an insurance Underwriter by day and have been so for 17 years now, so I'm working on getting out & I am pursuing my dream, one step at a time, of owning my own business. Currently that consists of selling stuff online & making music. But it's going to grow....Soon!