Nagwa is an instructor, choreographer, costume designer, drummer, and performer with a troupe of her own, El Raks Sai’d (Happy Dancers). She currently teaches classes in a number of locations, including Bellydancing at the "Top Hat" ballroom studio in Northeast Philadelphia, Bellydancing at the "Yoga Now" Studio in Marlton, NJ, Bellydancing at the Northeast Krewstown Health and Fitness club, Bellydancing at the YMCA in Madison, NJ and Flamenco at Rutgers University. She has taugh bellydancing on a Moroccan Cruise, given Egyptian Folklore lessons at the Ballet Studio "Ballet Classique" in Frenchtown, NJ, taught and taught Flamenco at the "Semitti's Gymnastics, Ballet and Yoga Studio" in Philadelphia, PA. She has also taught Bellycancing at the Princeton YMCA in addition to teaching both Bellydancing and Flamenco at the CEG Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia, PA.

In addition to teaching regular classes, Nagwa periodically conducts workshops. She has sponsored such famous quest artists as Faten Salama of Egypt, Shawki Naim of Egypt, Agiba of Egypt, Layla Hakim of Canada, Elena Lentini of New York, and Suhaila Salimpour of California.

As the artistic director of El Raks Sai’d, she produces and performs in theater shows on a regular basis, routinely featuring dancers from around all over the country. Her theatrical productions are of the highest quality and have been held at many prestigious places, such as the Annenburg Theater of Philadelphia, the War Memorial in New Jersey, and Arden Guild Hall in Delaware. She is known for her historically authentic costumes and for her painstaking research into ancient pharonic choreography. She is also familiar with the traditional dances of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, and Algeria.

In addition to her theatrical performances, Nagwa has danced at restaurants, charitable events, museums, festivals, universities, conventions, and private parties throughout the US. She has also made appearances on Broadway. In 1983, she was granted the special privilege of dancing for the Egyptian Ambassador to the United States in Baltimore Maryland, the “Luxor-Alexandria Sister City”.

Having devoted many years to the study of classical Russian ballet, Nagwa has become a well respected authority on posture and technique. She has spent 13 years mastering the arts of Flamenco and other Spanish dances and has also studied African Cuban dancing. Highly accomplished, Nagwa Sai’d is truly Philadelphia’s First Lady of Dance.