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What kind of Egyptian Dance Student are you?

Joana Saahirah World
What kind of Egyptian Dance Student are you?
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What kind of Egyptian Dance student are you?  I mean, for real. 

Also, does it matter? (spoiler alert #1: it does)

 

In all these years of career in Egyptian Dance - more than 20 years of non-stop performing, teaching, lecturing, judging, and learning from every front, first in Egypt and then around the World - I´ve noticed there are different kinds of students. 

 

I´ve also noticed how those different kinds of students behave and how their attitude...

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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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My aunt & me at a Shaabi Party

Joana Saahirah World
My aunt & me at a Shaabi Party
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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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