[Zamira]

I was able to pick up a free copy of Habibi magazine, the one with Salome on the cover, at the Jim Boz workshop this weekend, and have to say I was pretty impressed.

The articles were interesting and seemed well researched, not a lot of fluff. I never got to read the original Habibi magazine, but from what people have said about it, it seems like it's going back to the old format of more historical/academic type articles. My favorite article was "In the Shadow of Salome," which was an honest look of how bellydance has been viewed as a dance of seduction, both in the West and the East.

I'm just wondering now how the magazine is doing with its publishing schedule. I see the Salome edition says Fall/Winter 2006/2007. Well, it's June of 2007 already, and I'm not aware that a Spring issue ever came out. Does anyone know? I don't want to subscribe until I know they can come out on a more regular schedule than the last incarnation of Habibi.