"The Oriental Café Podcast"

"The Oriental Café Podcast"

Hosted by: Joana Saahirah

A place where we´ll meet, every two weeks, for an intimate yet universal conversation about Egyptian Dance, Personal Empowerment and Life. Solo and with hand-picked guests, we´ll exchange, laugh, build bridges of...

Episodes

Episode #47 - Kristin Cyclone and The Art of Resilience

Season #2

Welcome to episode #47 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast by Joana Saahirah. 🎤🎧✨In this episode, improvised and recorded in exile, I tell you about how it felt going through cyclone Kristin, a weather disaster that...
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The Fascination of the East & the Golden Era in Egypt - Episode #46

Season #2

Welcome to episode #46 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast with Raphael Cormack, hosted by Joana Saahirah. Raphael Cormack is an author, Assistant Professor of Arabic at Durham University, researcher of Middle Eastern...
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Episode #45 - Beauty Standards and Ageism in the field of Egyptian Dance

Season #2

Welcome to episode #45 of "The Oriental Café" podcast by Joana Saahirah🌹 🎤🎧✨In this episode, I discuss the pressures of beauty standards and ageism in the field of Egyptian Dance, aka belly dance. True to my nature, I...
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Egyptian Dance History, Culture & Anthropology - Episode #44

Season #2

​Welcome to episode #44 of "The Oriental Café" podcast with Dr. Tamer Yehia Aziz, hosted by Joana Saahirah. ​ In this episode, I receive Dr. Tamer Yehia Aziz, a respected Egyptian dancer, teacher, and scholar, a...
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Episode #43 - How to Create Your Unique Dance Style

Season #2

Welcome to episode #43 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast hosted by Joana Saahirah. In episode #43 of "The Oriental Café" podcast, I, Joana Saahirah, your passionate host, share guidance on how to create your unique dance...
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Psychology and the Transformative Power of Belly Dance with Jadranka Trickovic-Mohr - Episode #42

Season #2

Welcome to episode #42 of "The Oriental Café" podcast with Jadranka Trickovic-Mohr, a psychologist, curious soul, and a passionate advocate for Egyptian Dance, hosted by Joana Saahirah. In this episode, I talk with...
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Episode #41 - The Principles of Belly Dance Technique

Season #2

Welcome to episode #41 of "The Oriental Café" podcast by Joana Saahirah🧿🌙✨ In this episode, I share the principles of Egyptian Dance - aka "belly dance" - Technique. What you need to know and develop if you wish to...
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What it means to be a Legend & a Free Spirit in Egyptian Dance with Mo Geddawi - Episode #40

Season #2

Welcome to episode #40 of "The Oriental Café" podcast with Dr. Mo Geddawi, a legend in the field of Egyptian Dance (aka "belly dance"), hosted by Joana Saahirah. In this episode, I pick Dr. Mo´s amazing brain and ask...
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Episode #39 - How to Become a Self-Confident Goddess

Season #2

How to become a Self-Confident Goddess with unbeatable faith in yourself - as a dancer and a person, on stage and in life🌞💪💋 In episode #39 of "The Oriental Café" podcast, I, Joana Saahirah, your passionate host,...
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How to be a Multi-Passionate Creative Goddess with Allegra Aleya Pena - Episode #38

Season #2

In episode #38 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast, I invite Allegra Aleya Pena, an oriental dancer, healer, and multi-passionate entrepreneur, for a real, bullshit-free, down-to-earth, empowering conversation. We talk...
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Episode #37 - How to create an Extraordinary Belly Dance Performance

Season #2

Welcome to episode #37 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast, hosted by Joana Saahirah, on how to create an extraordinary belly dance performance. In this episode, I draw from more than 25 years of career in the field of...
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Dancing in Egypt in the 80´s & the Essence of Belly Dance with Leyla Amir - Episode #36

Season #2

Welcome to episode #36 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast by Joana Saahirah. In this episode, we receive Leyla Amir, the first foreigner who danced professionally in Egypt; a fierce advocate for the art of Egyptian...
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