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You have to die in order to live

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I know it´s harsh but it´s true: you have to die - again and again - in order to live.

I am crazy. That´s a fact. But keep reading.

I look forward, yet again, and I see the crossover.

It shows up like an Indiana Jones bridge - crumbling, dangerous, adventurous, uncertain in its ability to sustain me; not promising to get me, safely, to the other side.

I´ve been here before - this moment of death and rebirth - but it always catches me...

Discoveries from my Bed Rest (when a dancer has to stop moving)

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“Doing those deeply unfashionable things—slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting—is a radical act now, but it is essential. This is a crossroads we all know, a moment when you need to shed a skin. If you do, you’ll expose all those painful nerve endings and feel so raw that you’ll need to take care of yourself for a while. If you don’t, then that skin will harden around you.”

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What knives and dust can do to a person

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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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Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

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

You have to die in order to live

Discoveries from my Bed Rest (when a dancer has to stop moving)

What knives and dust can do to a person

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