Having lived and performed in Egypt for almost a decade meant three things:
1. The beginning of my international career in Egyptian Oriental and Folkloric Dance;
2. An in-depth knowledge and love for Egyptian Dance, Music, and Culture;
3. A deep, often dramatic, shift in the way I saw myself, the world, and life.
One of the most challenging aspects of living and working, as a foreigner, in a different culture, is the shock between the values we carry within and the values that culture p...
There´s a Motivational Monday Message delivered to the students of
Joana Saahirah´s Signature Course - Egyptian Dance & Self-Development from the ABC to Mastery, every week.
I do my best to address challenges most of my students face in their dance and in their life.
Here´s one of them: the use of our past and the conditions we have, or don´t have, as excuses for victimhood, mediocrity, and lack of massive action towards our goals and dreams.
-I´d do this if my parents had do...
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the night i proposed to fifi abdou
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why saiidi is the king of egyptian folklore
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