Threat to Egyptian Belly Dancing. Archive film from 2005

[Nefertiti1972]

The song is from the queen of baladi, Fatme Serhan, and it's called taht il shebbak (meaning, under your window) someone can correct the title if I did not write it correctly :o)

[yellow4001]

does anyone know the name of the song at the start

[NouraDK]

One of the best teachers i Cairo!! Try it out.

[josephine2]

Hi Barbarntfeatures!

Yes your so right.

Regards. Heidi. :-)

[Brabantfeatures]

Give me Liza Laziza's style any day.

[salma1001]

Nagua Fuad is very right by saying that bellydancing is not only shaking at all, and I hope that all"shakin' chicks" will discover the beauty of real egyptian dance one day

[josephine2]

Hi Salma!

Thank you for your commends.

I also give Nagua Fuad right about the styles from Egypt. It´s realy so beautyfull and powerfull dance style.

Regards. Heidi. :-)

[IshtarBellydancer]

I agree Josephine, this is a beautiful art form that has a root from Pharonic times. It is the celebration of Feminity, the expression of a woman, it is a what a women represents. As all bellydancers, we have a responsibility to preserve and carry on this wonderful art. Western Hip hop and other dance styles are more lewid and overly sexual in movements than bellydance, why is it judged so badly?

[dinavienna]

Hi ishtar.. how are you?

You know the people who hate bellydance do not have a flattering view of hip hop or anything else at all. they hate everytime a woman "produces" herself in front of men, even just by singing, which most people worldwide will agree is one of the most important art forms throughout human civilizations. they actually hate women and men mixing - they hate every kind of "impure" social life. It has no boundary, they will ban EVERYTHING like witchhunters of Europes MiddleAge

[IshtarBellydancer]

hello my friend,.... mmmm yes you are right, it is just the extreme people I guess, such a shame. :-) xx

[josephine2]

Hi IshstarBellydancer!

Thank you for your answer. and you ruíght about t´he western dance can be much more sexual´in the moves.

Regards. Heidi. :-)

[josephine2]

It´s so sad that the most greates dance style in the world, is not loved any more in Egypt and other arabs world.

The more islam grove the more dance and music is forbitten. They say it´s Haram. I ask why? It´s such a great dance, elegant, powerfull, many kind of folklore, full of live and exspresion.

Please tell me why??

Egypt and all the arabic world shult be proud of this historical dance art, they have inharred.

Heidi. :-)

[dinavienna]

hey josephine!

i would not say all Egyptians love it no more!!

MANY still love it, only of course conservative backlash impacts upon whether you stand by loving it or rather keep quiet on it!

And many young Egyptians now show the attitude of HATING it. I often wonder if they have to stress so much they hate it, because deep down they love it?

[josephine2]

Hi DinaVienna!

Yes I know that many still love it.

But I stil think it sad that the religon shall be the juge of what is rigth and wrong in the world.

Thank you for yor anwser. :-)

Regards Heidi. :-)

[dinavienna]

I agree!

Religion is supposed to make people good - but that seems to be true only for the most uncivilised people who would have no conscience and eat other human beings for breakfast (which probably does not exist in most so called "uncivilised" cultures either).

Yet for a developed human society with culture and philosophy it seem to me religion is the barbarian force suppressing everything beautiful. And every freedom or choice.Brings war. I've become really fed up with it as you can tell :)