Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

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Me, Souhair Zaki, Tarab & my Awakening

Joana Saahirah World
Me, Souhair Zaki, Tarab & my Awakening
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Me and Souhair Zaki at "Ahlan wa Sahlan" Festival in Cairo, Egypt

 

She was the unbeatable reference of elegance, art, dignity, artistry and soul in Egyptian Dance and I was a student, traveling in Egypt, in search for myself, in search of the roots of the dance I´d come to call my own.

Her name was(is) Souhair Zaki and she gave me one of the biggest gifts a Teacher can offer a Student: a glimpse into the true meaning of "Raks el Sharki", Egyptian Oriental Dance; the so-called,...

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How to Elevate your Energetic Vibration

Joana Saahirah World
How to Elevate your Energetic Vibration
27:02
 

Energy is real. And it shapes who we are, our reality, our lives.

In this 3rd dimensional world we live in, we´ve been taught to care for the physical, the things we can see and touch. The invisible has been, until recently, a subject for witches, wizards, and lunatics.

 

When, on my first work visit to Ireland, I had a one-on-one meeting with spirits - the souls of deceased people who decided they wanted me to see them, touch them and talk to them - at the (in)famous Charleville...

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Three shocking lessons 2021 has taught me

I´m not going to lie:

The year of 2021 has knocked me down. Not out, but down. 

Down is the opposite of up, down and up being the two faces of the same coin, and we can only go up when we´re down. So, I´m fine. The Wheel is turning for all of us, independently of our awareness of it, and I dance upon mine with champagne, strawberries, and laughter on the side.

In this post, something I wrote primarily for myself and then, for you, I´m sharing 3 shocking lessons...

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What knives and dust can do to a person

 

 

In Egypt, there are worlds beneath the worlds tourists can see.

 

There´s the layer of tourists and occasional visitors; the layer of expatriates who live aside/protected from the real country; the layer of the ones who dig deep into Egypt´s bones.

 

I´ve always belonged to the last layer - there were no buffers, no protection, no intermediary between me and the reality of Egypt. The best and the worst - I saw it, ate it, drank it, breathed it.

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Why I hated Shaabi & why I fell in love with it

Joana Saahirah World
Why I hated Shaabi & why I fell in love with it
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I´ve already told you about my hate-love relationship with Modern Shaabi.

I told you I´d built a wall between my work and this style, my world and the world of Shaabi but I hadn´t told you why I´d built those walls.

In this blog post, I´m sharing the real story behind my resistance towards Shaabi and why I - perhaps shockingly - fell in love with it.

 

  • Listen to the Blog/Podcast Episode and check join our NEW "Modern Shaabi" Course happening this...
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My aunt & me at a Shaabi Party

Joana Saahirah World
My aunt & me at a Shaabi Party
19:14
 

 

A sizzling hot Summer night in Cairo.

3 a.m.

Me and my auntie, a long-term visitor whom I lead by hand, hidden somewhere in "Shobra", one of the "shaabi-est"-"baladi-est"-roughest & most authentic neighborhoods of Egypt.

A broken promise. Hashish. Knives. And Joy.

A new king of Joy. 

 

  • Listen to the real-life story in this blog post in the shape of a podcast episode.

I´ll take you by the hand - we´ll take a walk in the wild side.

 

 

 

  • If...
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What I Learned from Egyptian Women

Joana Saahirah World
What I Learned from Egyptian Women
22:02
 

After many years of career and life in Egypt, and in other countries of the Middle East & North Africa, here´s something I have to admit: 

I A-D-O-R-E Egyptian Women and I´ve learned a great deal from them. 

Want me to lift the veil, just a bit, and share the goodies with you?

Your wish is my command. 

 

In this Blog Audio Post, I´m sharing a few of the most precious lessons I´ve learned from Egyptian and Arab Women I met.

Grab a cup of tea....

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The Night I proposed to Fifi Abdou

Joana Saahirah World
The Night I proposed to Fifi Abdou
15:53
 

 

She blew the "shisha" smoke upon my face. 

I fell in love.

 

Her hips were fierce and she wore an unapologetic "spray-covered" humongous hairdo.

I fell in love.

 

She did little but what she did was DA BOMB.

I fell in love.

 

She showed me the magic of a Baladi Awadi although she couldn´t care less about what we, the audience, thought of her.

 

Then, I didn´t only fall in love. I proposed to Fifi, one of the biggest icons of Egyptian Dance.

 

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Surprising Benefits of Saiidi

Joana Saahirah World
Surprising Benefits of Saiidi
15:08
 

 

 

I´ve been there: you think you know a lot about something and then, a person shows up, an information drops on your lap, a revelation appears and you come face to face with how little you actually know.

Studying, teaching, performing, lecturing and writing about Egyptian Dance - Oriental and Folkloric - has been the core of my life for more than 20 years. 

And I assure you, we never know enough.

In this short, yet powerful, Podcast Episode, you´ll learn about a...

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Why Saiidi is the King of Egyptian Folklore

Joana Saahirah World
Why Saiidi is the King of Egyptian Folklore
15:18
 

I´m in a Podcast mood. Can you feel it?

I´m also in a Saiidi mood. That´s why I´m revealing this is my favorite Egyptian Folkloric style. And also the king of Egyptian Folklore.

 Want to know why? 

Listen to this Podcast Episode I recorded exclusively for Joana Saahirah´s Blog.

 (for more information & fun around Saiidi, dive into the Bonus Resources & Courses I´m sharing in this post)

 

  • Bonus Resources on Saiidi:

 

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