- when you pack ME music CDs and at least one hip scarf (ok, 3) no matter where you're going (I took it to a cousin's wedding in Ukraine)
( & when I wondered whether my cousin would actually like a CD with ME music as a wedding gift...no, she's not a dancer, yet
- when you find yourself arguing,
at least in your mind, every time you see incorrect information about this beloved dance, no matter where you see it
- when you are surprised when people don't know who Oum Kalthoum, Tarik Sultan or Carolina Nericcio are
- when you are matching eye glitter to your bedleh
- when you are trying to find a perfectly reasonable explanation why you can't live without
that bedleh