Helwa was one of six local dancers selected to perform with the legendary Egyptian star Nagwa Fouad on stage at the Second Academic Symposium on Middle Eastern Dance in Orange County California in May 2001.   (To see photos from the event, click on this hyperlink).

The performance can be seen in Volume 3 of The Second International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, a video series produced by Turquoise International.

While Helwa believes she has learned something from every teacher, she considers the most inspirational to her to be Nadia Hamdi and Mona el Said of Cairo, Egypt, Shareen el Safy of Sta. Barbara, California and Ibrahim (Bobby) Farrah of New York.   Helwa has traveled to Egypt and whenever possible, studies with Egyptian artists visiting the U.S

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