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- ↑ Sachs, Sara (May 4, 2000). "He's No Salome, but It's Straight From the Heart". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ↑ Karayanni, Stavros Stavrou (2004). Dancing Fear & Desire: Race, Sexuality and Imperial Politics in Middle Eastern Dance. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 92.
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