A Hafla organised by the Ghawazee Dance Troupe at Please would you add our Hafla to your listingEwood WMC ,Bolton Road Blackburn BB2 4HY - from 7:30pm to late Tickets £5 + Please bring food to share. Performance Slots Available with a souk, jewellery, henna and raffle - contact Debbie ghawazee@hotmail.co.uk.
Sauce of the Nile Summer Hafla. Astbury Village Hall, Peel Lane, Astbury Nr Congleton, Cheshire CW12 4RQ (nxt to Astbury Church and Egerton Arms pub). From 7:30pm to 11ish. Foor, drink, performers, guest drummer, stall for Oxfam, competitions and prizes. For more info tel Lindsay on 01260 299376
Oriental Dreams - a theatrical production at The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, starting at 7:30pm. Showcasing the newly recorded music of Chalf Hassan and choreography and dance by Melanie Norman of The Arab Quarter. Guest dancers include Khaled Mahmoud, Mercedes Nieto (London debut), Shafeek Ibrahim and Tracey Jones. The Arab Quarter Band will include Bashir Abdel Aal, Emile Bassili, George Dergham, Mazin Abu Sayf and Chalf Hassan. Poetry narration by Kay Franksen. For full details browse to www.arabquarter.co.uk
A "Kasbah Club" hafla at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Ramsbottom near Manchester BL0 0BS. From 7:30pm until 11:30pm. Light supper, souk by Whirling Dervish. Tickets £10 from Katy Carmichael - email learnbellydance@yahoo.com or phone 07780 708 544. Stars for this special Kasbah Club on tour are includes Andrea Macarthur.
A Charity Hafla at the Mytholmroyd Community Centre, Caldene Avenue, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DY. No details yet but proceeds go to Calderdale Macmillan Breast Care Fund and Practical Aid for Palestine. Contact: j.ibnsina@btinternet.com
A charity hafla at St Johns Church Hall, Ben Rhydding near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. From 7pm until 11pm. There will be performances and a chance to boogie. Please bring food and drink to share. There will be a charity raffle and a second hand souk - please bring all items labelled, priced and on hangers. (5% donation to the charity Revival centre, Uganda) Tickets are £5, on the door. For more information or if you want to perform please contact Shaza at ratbags@blueyonder.co.uk
Maureen and the El Ghawazee Co-Operative welcome you to a hafla at the Eccleston Sports and Social Club, Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens. With a bazaar, bar, buffet, performance platform and live music from The Nile Band. Cost £12. For more information contact Maureen at alan.holmes1944@btinternet.com
A Charity Hafla at Victoria Hall, Victoria Park, Hard Ings, Keighley, West Yorkshire. Souk by The Whirling Dervish. Please bring your own food to share, there is a licensed bar at the venue. Cost £6 in advance, or £8 on the door (children £3). For tickets, or if you or your class/group would like to do a short performance please contact Jeanette on 01535 662 849 or email her at taylorjeanette@tiscali.co.uk. All proceeds to the "Just Because" charity.
A hafla at Rose Grove Unity Club, Burnley BB11 5DL from 19:30 to 23:30. A friendly and informal hafla with a Souk - small traders this time, contact Chriso if yoiu have things to trade. Live drumming with Woody and Stephen, performances, and plenty of time to boogy! There is a bar at the venue, but please bring food to share. Email Chris if you want to perform, but happy to fit peopel in at short notice. This is a small but very friendly hafla - a good place to start. Tickets £5 on the door. Contact Chriso on 01282 459 153 or Chris on 01535 670 286 or email her at chris.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk.
An "Arab Quarter" show with The Desert Divas and Friends at the Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9EL at 8pm. A fundraising Arab Quarter show to support the charity "Respite & Recovery" and to feature the Somerset based Desert Divas, with live music from The Arab Quarter Band and dancing performances from Melanie Norman and guests. For full details browse to www.arabquarter.co.uk
A "Kasbah Club" hafla at St Bernadette's Social Centre, Whitefield, Manchester M45 8UT. From 7:30pm until 11:30pm. Light supper, souk by Whirling Dervish. Tickets £10 from Katy Carmichael - email learnbellydance@yahoo.com or phone 07780 708 544. Stars at the Kasbah Club for November are Jane Hanley and Katy Carmichael.
A Christmas hafla at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Queens Drive, Liverpool. Tickets £6 in advance, £8 on the door. For more information email Kate at merhabamagazine@ymail.com or browse to www.merhabamagazine.co.uk
