Zahra comes from Algeria and she has been dealing with the oriental dance since her childhood. In 1978 she was the first Arabic pioneer to teach the authentic-Egyptian dance style. Innumerable well-known dancers were trained by her. 1984 – 1989 she was an associate and the main dancer in the Arabic restaurant ARABESK in Munich. 1990-1993 she ran her own dance studio. At the end of 1993-1996 her dream to perform in Egypt came true. Since October 1996 she has been teaching in Munich again, since April 1998 in her own studio. Zahra gives successfully dancing workshops all over Germany and abroad (Austria, Italy, Netherland, Czechia, Sweden, Finland) and performs in the big events like the 4th oriental dance festival of Europe in 1991 in Frankfurt and actually in the Nile Group Festival in Cairo/Egypt. Videos like the Shimmy-video from NESTLÉ and her appearances on TV contributed to her fame. In the year 2003 Zahra celebrated her 25 anniversary as a dancer and a teacher. In July 3, 2004 she was a prize winner of the HALIMA Professional Magazine for oriental dance. In February 2006 she taught the oriental dance to a group of ballet- and jazz dancers in the famous circus Zirkus Krone. Since 2005, she’s a teacher at Stockholm-Bellydance-Festival and since 2008 she also teaches at the Nile-Group-Festival in Cairo. Her classes are dynamic, full of expression and are based on the free dance. Zahra conveys precise sophisticated technique as well as the feeling for the Arabic music, connected with the passion for the dance. Zahra is a very versatile dancer. Her repertoire ranges from Raqs Sharqi to classical, from Balady (Egyptian folklore) and Saiidi (cane dance) to her inimitable candle dance (she dances to a drum solo while balancing a tray full of burning candles on her head). Her style is unmistakable. Her thrilling temper infects everyone. Zahra dances with body and soul.