PRINCESS FARHANA (Pleasant Gehman) is an internationally acclaimed belly dancer and burlesque artist. She has performed, taught and written about Middle Eastern belly dance for fourteen years. Farhana studied with many of the most respected Oriental Dancers in the world including Raqia Hassan, Dina, and Aida Nour of Cairo, Egypt, with her primary teacher being Zahra Zuhair of Los Angeles.

Based in Hollywood, California, she performs and conducts workshops all over the world, and has performed at private parties for many dignitaries and celebrities, including The Saudi Arabian Royal Family, former First Lady Hilary Clinton, The Rolling Stones, Ben Affleck, Jude Law, Lisa Marie Presley, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geena Davis, Sharon Stone, Johnny Depp, Uma Thurman, Jim Carey, Marilyn Manson, Ethan Hawk, and Fiona Apple.

In 1999, she danced at the 51st Cannes Film Festival. She has appeared in videos for Madonna, Ricky Martin, and Sheryl Crow, as well performing at live concerts with Middle Eastern Superstars like Amr Diab, Hakim, and Alabina; she has also has been featured in numerous films and documentaries on Oriental dance.

Farhana has produced large-scale belly dance benefit shows for The American Red Cross, Hollygrove Orphanage, The United Way, and various women's shelters. She is proficient in Egyptian cabaret- style belly dance as well as Turkish, Lebanese, Fusion, American Tribal, Moroccan Guedra, and many other folkloric styles. Her specialties are sword balancing and traditional Egyptian raks shamadan (candelabra) balancing.

Visit her online at PrincessFarhana.com