Egyptian Dancer in Luxor Egypt by Mahsoub

Mahsoub is a musician in Mohamed Murad's band The Musicians of the Nile, from Luxor Egypt. He is related to the famous Saidi singer Metkal Kenawi.

Mahsoub is not a profesional dancer persay, but an entertainer. He sings, plays several instruments as well as dances. He and his fellow musicians work primarily at weddings and other community celebrations in the area of Upper Egypt.

I first saw Mahsoub in Luxor in 1988, when he was about 14 years old. He was one of the musicians playing in the band that was hired by "Morocco" to entertain the members of her tour group. After the traditional dancers, the Banat Mazin sisters, (they can be seen on Morocco's #6 video Dances of Egypt and the Sudan), danced for a while, Mahsoub spontaniously got up and danced.

I hadn't seen Mashsoub again until I met him at Rakia Hassan's Dance festival, "Ahlan wa Sahlan", in Giza in 2004, where he was working as one of the dance instructors teaching traditional Southern Egyptian dances.

This footage was filmed in July of 2005 as part of an interview I did with him in which he told me that he makes his living as a musician and dancer at local weddings in the area. Mahsoub told me that he had a cousin who had recently died named Abdul Karim who also used to perform at weddings in the area. He can be seen in Aisha Ali's video "Dances of Egypt".

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Mahsoub
• traditional
• Saidi/Upper
• Egyptian
• male
• Oriental/belly
• dance

[shimmygirl75]

Is that Khariya Maazin in the red dress?

[6969aaaaa]

Yes it is

[SanDiego63]

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[6969aaaaa]

I really don't know. Where do you live? Is there an Arab or Muslim community in your area?

[SanDiego63]

I live in San Diego California, not quite sure about the Arab population here, but I will look around and see what I can find. I'll keep you posted, thanks a lot for taking the time.

Regards!!

[6969aaaaa]

There has to be a muslim community there. I think it will be very hard to find Egyptian gallabeyahs, but you should be able to find the white Kuwaiti ones like what Tito wears when he dances.

[Mbeebeelove]

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[bellydancemagazine]

@SanDiego63 

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@SanDiego63

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@SanDiego63

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[wafai2008]

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[TRUTHTEACHER2007]

Don't get the shit twisted, this comment has nothing to do with the Ancient Egyptian race controversy. And if you pulled your head out of your ass for just a second, you would see that I am the one cinsistently defending the Modern Egyptian people as the direct descendants of the ancient people, regardless of skin color. Egypt is where Asia and Africa meet both geographically and gentically, get over it and get a life!

[TRUTHTEACHER2007]

Culture runs deeper than skin color. Europeans do not move this way, and the Arabs got this style of dance from EGYPTIANS. Now where is Egypt? Its in Africa isn't it? Africa is not one big country, it is a continent made up of several cultures. So yes, this is one of many Africa dances found in the continent and it bears a striking resemblance to ofther African dances in North, Central and East Africa. As I said Egyptian history is not mine. Mine is in West africa but Egypt is part of Africa

[TRUTHTEACHER2007]

Dear Zaky, you are an asshole. For your information, this man in the video is MY friend and I shot this footage. I am not trying to claim Egyptian culture for myself. I am of West African origin and from Congo as well as Europe. Egypt is in Africa and shares elements of culture with its neighbors. Have you ever seen dances from Somalia, Congo and Kenya? Compare them with Egyptian and other North African dances and you will see there is a relationship.

[zaky2000]

to the stupid comment by "truthteacher2007". Egypt is in Africa, and now what. So it does not mean that some black idiot somewhere in Gnana or Nigeria or whatever mambo jaumbo place claim .0.00001% of Egypt history. You blacks go get your damn history instead of claiming what does not belong to you. This is like an Indian claims history of China because they are both in Asia, or an English claims Vikings history because they are both in Europe. What a messed up black logic,

[TRUTHTEACHER2007]

He dances like an African because Egypt is an African country and all over Africa men and women do these movements when they dance. educate yourself before you show your ignorance to the entire world with such stupid comments.