tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76744860296027329262024-03-13T04:57:54.428+02:00Kisses from KairoThe Cerebral Meanderings of an American Belly Dancer in CairoLuna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-60182421386050162362019-05-13T01:55:00.002+02:002019-06-23T02:37:27.867+02:00DROP THE PROP: Dancing to Mawwal <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hello! And thank you for
your interest in </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://luna-of-cairo-egyptian-belly-dance.teachable.com/">Drop the Prop</a>,</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> my
groundbreaking series of online Egyptian dance workshops! The topic of my first
workshop is <a href="https://luna-of-cairo-egyptian-belly-dance.teachable.com/">'</a></span><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://luna-of-cairo-egyptian-belly-dance.teachable.com/"><i> Dancing
to </i>Mawwal</a><i>.'</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> If you’ve already
purchased this series, great! Read on to learn more about the history and
development of </span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">mawwal </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">(plural is <i>mawaweel)</i></span><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">. If you
haven’t, now’s your chance. Just click on this <a href="https://luna-of-cairo-egyptian-belly-dance.teachable.com/">link</a>,
create an account with Teachable, and login to the workshop.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I imagine ‘<i>mawwal’</i> might
be a new term for some of you, so let me briefly define it. <i>Mawwal</i> is
the improvisational singing that usually occurs in the beginning of an Arabic
song with little to no musical accompaniment. Think of songs like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ5-yWqmqA4"><i>Bint
Il-Sultan</i></a><i>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQuX5vXYVBM">Mawood</a></i>;
and <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wBvuZVE7FI">Inta Omri</a></i>.
Each contains a <i>mawwal </i>towards its beginning that you can probably
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "" "times new roman" "" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">So what?, you might be
thinking. Why dedicate an entire dance workshop to such a topic?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1. …it’s obscure. No one teaches this in a live or
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don’t know how to dance to <i>mawaweel</i>. Either they don’t understand
Arabic, or they find dancing to music-less lyrics counterintuitive. A lot of
times it’s both. Most will edit them out if they’re dancing to canned music, or
else leave them (or tolerate them when dancing to live music) but meaninglessly
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</div></div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2019/05/drop-prop-dancing-to-mawwal.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-70261464068595833852018-07-01T01:44:00.000+02:002020-02-07T03:24:13.772+02:00Naked Navel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">I wrote this last year while I was still in Cairo. I did not want to publish it at the time, for obvious reasons. A slightly different version of it was published on worldofdancers.com.</span></i></span><br>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">It had been a while since my last run-in with the authorities. Three or four years. I was starting to feel invincible. Many foreign dancers had recently spent nights in police departments, and one had been deported. Yet here I was dancing all over town, completely unmolested by the notorious (and quite useless) belly dance police. AKA <i>mosanafaat</i>, and<i> shortat il-adaab</i>, which translates as morals/principles/behavior police. Their job is to crash weddings and turn up unexpectedly at night clubs to fine and arrest belly dancers for infractions such as dancing without a license. Or, in the case of a 'licensed foreigner' such as myself, for dancing at any venue other than the one she’s contracted with. They can also arrest us for inappropriate costuming, i.e. a two-piece <i>bedla </i>without shorts or a stomach covering (<i>shabaka</i>). Basically, they are government funded party poopers, authorized by the ‘Democratic’ Arab Republic of Egypt to stop us mid-performance and take us to the nearest police precinct, if need be. </span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">I’m convinced the only reason such a thing exists is so the government can employ more bureaucrats. And why not? It’s a win-win situation. The government makes money from fines and jail terms, and the bureaucrats get a monthly salary in addition to the bribes they collect from managers seeking to keep dancers out of jail. Additionally, they get to fool themselves into believing they are good Muslims even though they allow belly dancing, cuz <i>shabaka</i>. </span></span><br>
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</div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2018/07/naked-navel.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-88816890688227078152018-06-15T09:14:00.001+02:002024-01-23T20:14:25.140+02:00Thoughts on China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">These are some of my reflections on China (or rather,
Beijing) after spending ten days there. I present this not as <i>the</i> truth,
but as <i>my</i> truth, based on my observations there. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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it would be. Then again, I may not be the best judge of this, considering I
lived in Cairo for ten years and rarely got sick. Apparently, I thrive in toxic
environments...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. It's obvious that whatever western colonialism
happened there had minimal impact on the country. Language, culture, and
behavior are mostly uninfluenced by western norms. English is not very
widespread. Those who speak English are mainly younger and a bit difficult to
understand. Those who do not speak aren’t even familiar with basics like yes,
no, toilet, hotel, and other English words are pretty standard around the world.
Not even the names for basic technology. Chinese has a word for everything.
This makes it difficult for non Chinese-speaking tourists to navigate, but it's
also beautifully refreshing to see an ancient culture very much intact… even if
you come across an occasional McDonald's, Pizza Hut, or KFC. </span></p>
</div></div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2018/06/thoughts-on-china.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-60311544786068072172016-07-11T05:10:00.003+02:002017-03-12T17:08:26.608+02:00Egypt's Identity Crisis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">I wrote this in 2014 but I didn't publish it back then.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Two things you don't want to be while
living in the Muslim world: gay and atheist. The consequences for being either
or both can be severe, and may include ostracization, imprisonment, and even death.
For though many conveniently ignore major parts of their religion, almost no
one denies the existence of God or believes in gay rights. And they have zero
tolerance for those who do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">We were once again reminded of this last
month in Egypt, when the new "secular" government publicly declared
war on both groups of people. Authorities arrested four men at a party for
engaging in homosexual acts. Three of them were sentenced to eight years in
prison, while the fourth was sentenced to three years and hard labor. They were
accused of cross-dressing and attending "deviant sexual parties." </span></span><br>
</div></div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2016/07/egypts-identity-crisis.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-43081213665843127512016-06-24T07:11:00.001+02:002016-07-12T09:31:26.960+02:00The Fainting Drummer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">If there's anyone in this godforsaken place who can get away with staring at my ass, it's my drummer. Actually, that's his job. I pay him to observe every drop, lock, twist, twerk, clench, accent, bounce, circle, roll, shimmy, vibration, jiggle, wiggle and wobble that it's capable of doing, and to create a corresponding sound for each movement.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Doom; tak; tra</i></span><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 14pt;">a</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 17pt;">a</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 18pt;">a</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 20pt;">a</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 22pt;">a</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 17pt;">K</span></i><i style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12pt;">!; dr-r-r-r-r-r…; dish, etc.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">This is called translation, and it's what draws attention to my moves.<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>So basically, he's my butt's translator. Or spokesman. Don't laugh. It's a serious job (and a much coveted one in the land of sexual frustration). But it isn't easy. You see, my butt is a complicated thing. It has a mind of its own, and it moves in ways that even I don't fully comprehend. Somehow though, my drummer understands it. I want to say it's because we've been working together almost every single night for the past five years, but that's not the reason. Tika understood my<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>teeze</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from day one. He got right on stage with me and translated every movement it did, as if we had choreographed our routine.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">I don't know how he did it. All of the other drummers I worked with took at least two weeks to even<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>begin</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to understand my musicality, and none of them could keep up with me. Tika, on the other hand, is so in tune with my posterior that he can anticipate how it will interpret any given measure of music... even when I try to surprise him with a new movement, a new<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>way</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of doing a movement, or by altering the timing of my moves. It's like he shares a brain with my butt or something.</span></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">All this time, you probably thought it was the other way around. You probably thought the drummer calls the shots, and the belly dancer slavishly follows. This is how it works outside of Egypt, but inside Egypt, it's the opposite. The dancer decides where to add shimmies, accents, and pops, and the </span></span></div>
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</div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-fainting-drummer.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-41179890017907354892013-09-27T22:07:00.000+02:002024-01-02T02:15:01.857+02:00Egypt: Reasons for Hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We all know how much of a pessimist I
can be when it comes to Egypt. And with
good reason. For a while, it seemed that
rottenness knew no limits. Not only had
a demonic, Islamist/Nazi regime hijacked the country, but the quality of life
had quickly deteriorated (not that it was any good to begin with). The economy had imploded, unemployment went
through the roof, huge lines of cars wrapped around the city, angrily waiting
for a few liters of gas in the 100* heat, fights broke out everywhere, the
traffic was impossible, and the heaps of garbage rivaled the tallest
pyramids. Then, as if things weren't bad
enough, the country broke into a mini war, with one side attempting to bring
down the Brotherhood regime, and the other attempting to preserve it. The rest is history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Three months later, I'm strangely happy
to report that my signature pessimism has turned into optimism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, me, ever the naysayer, has found reason
for hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me share with you why.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2013/09/egypt-reasons-for-hope.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-66100348962107070822013-08-01T06:15:00.001+02:002017-03-12T17:10:58.267+02:00The Democratic Republic of Egypt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang=""><em><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">This is long overdue. I would have published it earlier but I was busy traveling and doing workshops. So here you have it, my thoughs on the June 30th revolution.</span></em><br>
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</span></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: small;">I am newly in love with Egypt. I don’t know any other place on Earth where millions of people can oust two dictators in less than three years. I don’t know any other country where the military intervenes to execute the will of the people yet leaves the governing to civilians. Since the revolution, I’d lost my faith in this place, but what happened last month restored it.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Well, partially at least. I realize that the Egyptian armed forces are no angels, and that they’d committed a litany of crimes since the outbreak of the revolution. I’m also aware that technically (from an American vantage point at least), the army shouldn’t be meddling in domestic affairs or running the economy. And I can see how that could rub Americans the wrong way. That’s because in the United States, we can’t even begin to imagine the army commanding the president to step down! We’re used to power being neatly compartmentalized. Each branch of government, including the armed forces, has its responsibilities and limitations. There’s no overstepping of boundaries. (In theory at least.)</span><br>
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<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; color: white;">I'm so happy to share this
outstanding work of art by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/leela.corman?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Leela Corman</span></a>, who
in addition to being a belly dancer, is a top graphic novelist. After reading
several of my status updates about my rather dramatic life in Cairo, Leela was inspired to illustrate a bit
of it! :D </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">A sneak peak of "Luna of Cairo" by Leela Corman.</span></td></tr>
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</div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2013/06/leela-draws-luna.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-28567899517116480572013-05-19T20:23:00.000+02:002013-05-19T21:04:25.497+02:002013 Summer Workshops<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Hey everyone!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s almost that time of year again (Ramadan)
when I get to come home and relax from my busy life in Cairo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though honestly, I don’t think I’ll be doing
much relaxing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve got a pretty busy
workshop schedule set up for me, and I wanted to share that with all of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll also be available for private lessons,
and will be bringing plenty of new and used costumes for sale!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please don’t hesitate to contact me or any of
my sponsors for more information or to register.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"></span></div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2013/05/2013-summer-workshops.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-51153600884753028952012-10-20T16:12:00.000+02:002015-06-06T16:13:45.949+02:00From Ballet to Belly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve forgotten the names of all of my
elementary and high school teachers, but one name that will remain with me till
the day I die is Dorothy Lister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dorothy
Lister was my ballet teacher at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I studied--more like suffered--under her
tutelage until the age of 15ish, at which point she quit the Joffrey, and I
quit ballet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Miss Dorothy was, oh, just your average
ballet nazi. :) Old enough to be my grandmother, she was a stickler for
discipline and had zero tolerance for lazy feet, lifeless limbs, and other
similar ballet crimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she’d punish us
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever she caught us slacking off
at the barre, she would angrily clap her hands and let out a shrill <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>At which point the class, the piano
player, and all of 6<sup>th</sup> Avenue would freeze in frightened paralysis. She
would then sarcastically imitate our mistakes to show us how dumb we looked, and
literally yank our body parts into the correct position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Miss Dorothy always ended these torturous
episodes with her signature dirty look, which masked her grin of sadistic
satisfaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’d then carry on with
class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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</div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-ballet-to-belly.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487367833498914916noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-27788359520333548362011-11-05T13:13:00.000+02:002011-11-05T13:13:26.231+02:00Teaching in NYC Nov. 14th-16th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9rcueawAvU/TrUY3m2EurI/AAAAAAAAAPk/2EJYJMeYEis/s1600/flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9rcueawAvU/TrUY3m2EurI/AAAAAAAAAPk/2EJYJMeYEis/s320/flyer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">All classes are $45 and require prior notification of attendance.<span> </span>Please e-mail <b style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: cyan;">l</span>unaofcairo@gmail.com</b> to reserve a spot. Classes will be held</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> @ Anamita Navatman Studios</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">344 W 38th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY, 10018<span> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: cyan; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">I will also be available for private lessons.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div></div>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822696978351432267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674486029602732926.post-46988384375099702712011-08-07T17:54:00.004+02:002022-12-26T06:26:00.219+02:00Song Translation Service!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take your dancing
to the next level with my new Arabic song translation service!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 114.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Upon popular suggestion,
I’ve finally decided to offer a song translation service. Now you can have <b>ANY</b> Arabic song translated <i>&</i> transliterated into fluent, native
English for just $25 USD. I provide
accurate, precise translations, phonetic transliterations, and explanations of all
idioms, terms, and cultural references that aren’t immediately intelligible to
non-Arabic speakers. No more limited, awkward, online translations by
translators who are limited in either English or Arabic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 114.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Understanding the
meaning of song lyrics will significantly improve the way you feel the music, and
allow your audiences to feel connected to you. Song translation is also a great
way to gain further insight into Middle Eastern culture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 114.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span></span></span></p></div></div><a href="http://kissesfromkairo.blogspot.com/2011/08/song-translation-service.html#more">Read more »</a>Luna of Cairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822696978351432267noreply@blogger.com4