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The Forgotten Pillars of authentic Egyptian Dance

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I´m speaking to you from a place of Magic

Yes, Magic.

I don´t know where you´re coming from, if you´ve been involved with Egyptian Dance for a long time, on a deeper or a shallower manner. I don´t even know how much you desire to take from this dance or what you have in store for it - because we give and we take from it - but one thing I know for sure:

There´s a Magic in authentic Egyptian Dance that can save us. It has saved me again and again,...

She showed me what was possible🌟

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Once upon a time, a time that seems distant and yet so close, I had an awakening.

A Tunisian artist called Leila Haddad was going to present an Oriental Dance performance at "Culturgest", one of the most prestigious theatres in Lisbon, Portugal.

Leila dragged a fascinating culture behind her. Her photo on the poster of the performance smelled of cumin and "bokhour" (incense); her ellusive presence promised a magic I´d never witnessed.

At the time, I knew...

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In our dance journey, and in our life, we´ll face opposition. Inner and outer opposition.

That opposition comes in the shape of personal insecurities, self-sabotage, trauma, a belief system that brings us down - that´s our inner opposition.

That opposition also comes in the shape of naysayers, critics, haters, and folks who are so frustrated with themselves and their life, they simply cannot accept that someone else -...

3 Principles of Self-Empowerment

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Self-Discovery & Empowerment are essential parts of my work. They´re also, in my experience, an indissociable part of Egyptian Dance.

When I first wrote about it - in my first published book "The Secrets of Egypt - Dance, Life & Beyond" -, I was criticized, ridiculed, and not-so-secretly hated. That was in 2013, the year the first edition of the book came out.

Today these concepts have become trendy and plagiarised.

I could tell...

Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

A Collection of Articles, Videos, and Freebies on Egyptian Dance, Self-Discovery & Empowerment

The Forgotten Pillars of authentic Egyptian Dance

She showed me what was possible🌟

I don´t know who needs to read this but...

3 Principles of Self-Empowerment

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