One of the world's most respected exponents of the art of belly dancing, Tamalyn Dallal has taught and performed in 37 countries. She has mentored thousands of dancers around the world.

Through sixteen years of directing a non-profit arts organization, Ms. Dallal produced numerous stage productions and dance festivals, including the famed Orientalia Festival of Ethnic Dance in Miami Beach for fourteen years.

She has authored three books, They Told Me I Couldn't, about living and dancing in Colombia in the 1980's, the instructional book Belly Dancing for Fitness, and more recently, 40 Days and 1001 Nights, in which she traveled to five Islamic countries, lived in each for forty days and wrote the tales of her experiences.