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	<description>Experiences and observations of a former American diplomat now married to a Saudi and living in KSA...</description>
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		<title>By: fifi Sukkar</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-61931</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[fifi Sukkar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Cynthia are you looking for male or females.I am a dance instructor in Jeddah.I teach oriental dancing at the moment.I tought myself many different styles of dance.From Mj to samba, and have coreographed the American and British school shows.I am now practicing the khaliji traditional dance with the hair.

Men are lucky they have entertainment groups that they can hire for weddings.
For woman there is no problem hiring a singer,although even in a womans wedding there are no saudi traditional dancers for entertainment or any other entertainment .When it comes to woman working for this Job even if they are only performing for woman there is still a traditional or cultural bias against it.This is one of the reason that stops me from this idea,also hidden phone cameras!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Cynthia are you looking for male or females.I am a dance instructor in Jeddah.I teach oriental dancing at the moment.I tought myself many different styles of dance.From Mj to samba, and have coreographed the American and British school shows.I am now practicing the khaliji traditional dance with the hair.</p>
<p>Men are lucky they have entertainment groups that they can hire for weddings.<br />
For woman there is no problem hiring a singer,although even in a womans wedding there are no saudi traditional dancers for entertainment or any other entertainment .When it comes to woman working for this Job even if they are only performing for woman there is still a traditional or cultural bias against it.This is one of the reason that stops me from this idea,also hidden phone cameras!</p>
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		<title>By: Saudi Arabia/Lebanon: Spontaneous Entertainment or The Lighter Side of Travel &#171; American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-61393</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia/Lebanon: Spontaneous Entertainment or The Lighter Side of Travel &#171; American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] their own business and some Saudi men (in accordance to custom) started to perform some of the traditional Saudi dances in the same manner as the video?  Hmmm….somebody should suggest this to the Ministry of [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] their own business and some Saudi men (in accordance to custom) started to perform some of the traditional Saudi dances in the same manner as the video?  Hmmm….somebody should suggest this to the Ministry of [...]</p>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-35770</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cynthia - welcome to the blog!  You could probably be directed to several groups through the Saudi Ministry of Tourism or Ministry of Information. There are a number of groups who perform differing traditional Saudi dances and can be hired. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cynthia &#8211; welcome to the blog!  You could probably be directed to several groups through the Saudi Ministry of Tourism or Ministry of Information. There are a number of groups who perform differing traditional Saudi dances and can be hired. </p>
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		<title>By: Cynthia K</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-35750</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia K]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi,

I am looking for traditional saudi dancers and it is truly hard to get in touch with them.
Kindly write me an email if you have any info. 

Thank you,]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am looking for traditional saudi dancers and it is truly hard to get in touch with them.<br />
Kindly write me an email if you have any info. </p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-13032</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shukran, Mohamed Ali!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shukran, Mohamed Ali!</p>
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		<title>By: mohamed ali</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-13028</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mohamed ali]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;and hope that you will also express your views on other posts too.&quot;

Sure. And I will certainly find something in your blog to post at my new page:

http://habib66.wordpress.com/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;and hope that you will also express your views on other posts too.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sure. And I will certainly find something in your blog to post at my new page:</p>
<p><a href="http://habib66.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://habib66.wordpress.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-12978</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad to have you back Mohamed Ali and hope that you will also express your views on other posts too.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to have you back Mohamed Ali and hope that you will also express your views on other posts too.</p>
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		<title>By: mohamed ali</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-12975</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mohamed ali]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Bedu, thanks for welcoming me to your attractive blog, which I discovered only recently. I liked the pics you posted in previous threads, so I lingered to see more.

As to my view about these dances, be they Saudi or Moroccan, it remains a personal view. A Moroccan proverb goes, &quot;To every kind of grain or seed there&#039;s a (potiential) buyer.&quot; That applies to everything, including people. That&#039;s why Freud ended up exclaiming: &quot;What does a woman want?&quot; People&#039;s tastes and preferances are sometimes entirely unpredictible. Once I jumbed from my chair when I heard Moroccan famous author Driss Chraib say on national TV, soon after his return to the country from France: &quot;I like Shikhaat&quot; Shikhaat is a Moroccan Arabic term for belly-dancers who dance to the tunes of the violon. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMjPyYg5SU8]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>American Bedu, thanks for welcoming me to your attractive blog, which I discovered only recently. I liked the pics you posted in previous threads, so I lingered to see more.</p>
<p>As to my view about these dances, be they Saudi or Moroccan, it remains a personal view. A Moroccan proverb goes, &#8220;To every kind of grain or seed there&#8217;s a (potiential) buyer.&#8221; That applies to everything, including people. That&#8217;s why Freud ended up exclaiming: &#8220;What does a woman want?&#8221; People&#8217;s tastes and preferances are sometimes entirely unpredictible. Once I jumbed from my chair when I heard Moroccan famous author Driss Chraib say on national TV, soon after his return to the country from France: &#8220;I like Shikhaat&#8221; Shikhaat is a Moroccan Arabic term for belly-dancers who dance to the tunes of the violon. </p>
<p><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/wMjPyYg5SU8/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-12956</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all Mohamed Ali, welcome to the blog.  I can appreciate your views but may respectfully agree to disagree since I think these dances are also a part of the Saudi heritage and history.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all Mohamed Ali, welcome to the blog.  I can appreciate your views but may respectfully agree to disagree since I think these dances are also a part of the Saudi heritage and history.</p>
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		<title>By: mohamed ali</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2008/12/21/traditional-saudi-dancing/#comment-12951</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mohamed ali]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot; It will be nice to showcase such dances instead of the much clichéd belly dancing when people think of Middle East.&quot; Firdaus Hashim

I would rather listen to Muhammad Abdou. There are so many such dances in my country, I don&#039;t like them, to be honest. Not on religious grounds, only as old-dated forms of art performed by mostly illeterate people.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8221; It will be nice to showcase such dances instead of the much clichéd belly dancing when people think of Middle East.&#8221; Firdaus Hashim</p>
<p>I would rather listen to Muhammad Abdou. There are so many such dances in my country, I don&#8217;t like them, to be honest. Not on religious grounds, only as old-dated forms of art performed by mostly illeterate people.</p>
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