Shareen starting Orientale dance in 1967 in California. She made many trips to Egypt to study with the big names. This experience not only is absorbed in her own dance but is shared with students throughout the world.
She made a series of well thought out instructional dance videos. Shareen was the publisher and editor of Habibi from 1993-2003. In this time she also contributed a wide range of articles based on first hand experience.