DAHMIA HAS BEEN A TEACHER AND PERFORMER OF BOTH MIDDLE EASTERN AND POLYNESIAN DANCE FOR 30 YEARS MOST RECENTLY TEACHING THROUGH THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND/PASSPORT PROJECT, EASTLAKE/ARADIA’S GARDEN, MADISON/MYSTIC BLUE SKYE, PEPPER PIKE/ORANGE ACTIVITY CENTER, SELREC RECREATION DEPT – LYNHURST & SOUTH EUCLID; SOLON/RECRETATION DEPT, WICKLIFFE/RECREATION DEPT & VISIONS OF THE NILE IN AKRON, OHIO.  SHE ALSO TEACHES A HAWAIIAN FAMILY - DAD, MOM AND 3 KEIKIS (KIDS).

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF “AHAWAT EL RAKISAT” (SISTERS IN DANCE) AND “SISTERS OF THE ISLANDS”.   ALL AGES, SIZES AND LEVELS OF EXPERTISE WELCOME - THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP IS A DESIRE TO LEARN DANCE.

DAHMIA HAS BEEN HONORED IN THE BOOK “THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA” SHOWCASING HULA TEACHERS AROUND THE WORLD (PAGES 88 & 89)  PRESS RELEASE PARTY-BISHOP MUSEUM ON OAHU OCTOBER 2004 – BESS PRESS, AUTHOR SHARI BERNOBIS.

DAHMIA HAS FURTHERED HER OWN EDUCATION BY ATTENDING OASIS DANCE CAMP IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS AS WELL AS PERFORMING IN ANY NUMBER OF MIDDLE EASTERN SEMINAR AND CULTERAL SHOWS; ATTENDED CLASSES ANNUALLY AT THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER IN LAIE, OAHU FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS WELL AS OTHER HIGHLY SKILLED CLASSES WITH TRADITONAL KUMU HULA.

AUGUST 12, 2007 UNIKIED/GRADUATED AFTER FIVE YEARS OF TRAINING WITH MAPUANA DE SILVA AND IS NOW A MEMBER OF PAPA HI’IKUA CLASS WITHIN HALAU MOHALA ILLIMA.  AT THIS TIME SHE WAS BESTOWED THE HAWAIIAN NAME LI’ULI’UALOHA WHICH MEANS “ONE WHO HAS WAITED, WITH LOVE, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, WITH PATIENCE AND PERSERVERANCE”.    DAHMIA CONTINUES STUDYING HAWAIIAN DANCE/HULA, ‘OLELO/LANGUAGE AND MELE/MUSIC.