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Myth #7 about Egyptian Dance (and its debunking)

The most common Myths about Egyptian Dance (and their debunking)

 



Myth #7 - Egyptian Dance is Hermetic & Dangerous


Here´s the last of the 7 Myths about Egyptian Dance I promised to deliver. For once, I´ll have to agree with it. Sort of.


Hermetic comes from "Hermes Trismegistus", considered the founder of science, religion, mathematics, geometry, alchemy, philosophy, medicine and magic. A combination of the Egyptian God Thoth of wisdom, learning and communications and the...

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Myth #4 about Egyptian Dance (and its debunking)

The most common Myths about Egyptian Dance (and their debunking)

 



Myth #3 - Egyptian Dance is Easy.



Hmmm. Define "easy".

If by "easy", you mean that Egyptian Dance can be learned by everyone, as long as they can move and they´re willing to study it, then, yes, Egyptian Dance is easy.

If by "easy", you mean that Egyptian Dance is so basic it offers no challenge, no need for study or practice, no requirements from the one who´s dancing, we´ve got a myth going on.


Egyptian...

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The Maa´lema´s Confidence

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The Maa´lema´s Confidence
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Om Mohamed was a regular Egyptian woman. 

Or so it seemed.

 

 She wore the "hijab", like a good Muslim woman does, so says the crowd; obeyed her husband, accepted the existence of another woman in her conjugal life - her husband´s second wife -; worked at home and outside of her home, the worst of her sins, only forgiven because the family needed the money.

 

The neighbors spoke highly of her. Her husband´s second wife, a much appreciated help in the...

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