Belly Dance Archive Project

Hi My Name is Aziza Al-Tawil and I'm here to raise money to have the ability to scan and archive properly hundreds of color slides of the Tayoun's Mahrajan in New Jersey and also of many nightspots and venues from the heyday of bellydance featuring some of the biggest names in music at the time. Since the age of one my life has been spent in the world of belly dancing. Preserving it's history has always been a goal of mine and also of my late mother, 1960's and 1970's NYC dancer Johanna.

I intend to convert as many photos, negatives and slides to digital media so a large portion of it can be shared easily and that the original materials can be released to a museum. Thank you for your time and God Bless...