I suppose I am just grateful that when I danced at a party in Egypt, the reactions I got were:
an Egyptian Lady kissing me and telling me "You dance our dance beautifully" and a young man saying "You know what you are doing, don't you ..who has been teaching you ?"
So far I have been fortunate that MEers and North Africans have been pleased at my paltry attempts and even happier to know that I knew who Oum Khalthoum and M.A.Wahab were. But then I shan't venture forth onto Youtube and the lurking folks with prejudices and axes to grind.
In Egypt I have never been told this dance is not for white girls , not for black girls, not for old ladies although they did seem to expect the guys to be more macho in their dance "attitude"!
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