TORKOMADA, Inc.

The mission of TORKOMADA, Inc. is to educate the global population about cultural diplomacy in international relations through the spectrum of dance, arts-in-education, international education, tutoring, foreign language pedagogy, culture, human rights, and genocide.

The Middle Eastern and North African Dance Initiative for Cultural Diplomacy (MENADICD), a subdivision of TORKOMADA, Inc., envisions the indigenous and folk dances of the Middle East and North Africa as an important, but neglected diplomatic tool in cultural diplomacy, especially in U.S.-Middle East relations. Our mission is to educate the populace about Middle Eastern and North African dance globally, specifically Raqs Sharqi—an Egyptian folk dance, through dance festivals, classes, workshops, seminars, arts-in-education school programs, academic conferences, lecture-demonstrations, and the media.