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For Whom Do you Dance?by Mary Ellen Donald

• Who do you dance for – your audience or yourself? Take a trip with me to see how you compare with the hypothetical dancers speaking below.

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Khairiyya Mazin Struggles to Preserve Authentic Ghawazi Dance Tradition

• Khairiyya Yusuf Mazin is one of the last exponents of Ghawazi dance, which is perhaps the primary origin of Egyptian "belly dance."

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