Second Annual Jewel of the Nile Middle Eastern Dance Pageant Holiday Inn, Cherry Hill, NJ November 14, 2004 -- Thirteen Soloists, Four Troupes GRAND PRIZE WINNER Jewel of the Nile 2004 DORÍT, New York City -- www.Doritworld.com Dorít continued to California and won Belly Dancer of the Universe in the Fusion category. Fusion and Oriental.  Singers and dancers that which they bring though fashioned of dreams is raiment and food for your soul. - Khalil Gibran PEOPLE'S CHOICE  Oreet www.sharqui.com New York, NY Style: Egyptian/Fusion “Dancing feeds my soul.” First Runner-up & Josephine Baker Award AMUSTELA www.amusteladance.com Reston, Virginia Style: Cabaret. “I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.”  -- Hillel Second Runner-up: NAJLA www.najlascreativedesign s.com Orlando, Florida. Style: Cabaret & Cane “Dance as if no one were watching.” Third Runner-up: DELLANEIRA www.dellaneira.blogspot.com dellaneiraraqs@hotmail.com   Philadelphia, PA. Style: Egyptian Cabaret “Let the music become one with your soul and dance like the world is yours.” Miss Congeniality, Josephine Baker, Best in Business: SEYYIDE SULTAN www.seyyide.com Boston, Massachusetts Style: Egyptian Cabaret (Classic Oriental). “The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.” - La Meri Honorable Mention & Best in Business: NAJIA: www.najia.org Philadelphia, PA Style: fusion, double veil, drum solo “Dance for love, joy, peace, health and gratitude. Remember God's Grace allows this incredibly beautiful expression of spirit through our bodies.” - Najia Honorable Mention & Josephine Baker Award: AMALIA - www.geocities.com/amalia_habibi/ Charlottesville, VA  Style: Cabaret “Dancing is the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself.” -Mavelock Ellis Honorable Mention: RUHIYYIH www.thebellydancetrainer.com/ruhiyyih.html RuhiyyihW@yahoo.com Norfolk, Virginia Style: Cabaret “Just be yourself.” Honorable Mention: VASHA HATAL www.devadasibellydance.com, Wilmington, DE Style: Egyptian Cabaret “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” Honorable Mention: SHU'LA Lyndhurst, NJ    Style: Cabaret. “Express your inner beauty, if for no one else but yourself.” Honorable Mention: RAJA www.rajadance.com Northern NJ    Style: Raks Sharqui/Fusion. “The Physical Language of the body is so much more powerful than words.” - Bill Irwin Honorable Mention: SONZIRY www.bellyd.com New York     Style: Egyptian “It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.” -R. West Troupe Contestants Honorable Mention BELLY JAM  www.ccpartyonline.com Slingerlands, NY Tara, Courtney, Wanda, Lauren, Kira, Laura and Denise Director: Laura Barokas Honorable Mention MYSTIQUE:  mahrabesh@hotmail.com Spring Mount, PA Bonfiré, Crystalia, Mahrabesh Director: Mahrabesh Honorable Mention Best in Business HIPS OF THE DESERT: aliasaleem@yahoo.com Barrington, NJ Nhu, Michele, Marah, Lorraine Director: Alia Saleem Best in Business JEWELS OF THE NILE 2004 1001 DREAMS www.PhiladelphiaBellyDance.com Philadelphia, PA Director:  Najia Najia, Karen, Om Helena, Vasha Hatal, Tracey