Reading an article like that on how people view & treat bellydancers is sad. I know dancers want to dance there, but goodness! to be treated so badly, maybe only sometimes, maybe a lot of the time, it doesn't matter, I just don't see why anyone would put up with it, when you can be accepted and appreciated in so many other countries.
I can understand the draw and the desire to dance in the "cradle" of BD, but I sure don't get the fact that so many stay and allow themselves to be badly treated.
Mind you I can't wait to go to Egypt in January
But I certainly wouldn't be dancing there, I just want to take in the history and maybe see 1 or 2 shows. I might even get brave enough to do a workshop, and of course buy a couple of costumes. But overall the main draw card is the historical value for me.
As for the neighbours poisoning the dancers cats, that is horrific and disgusting! But so many of these countries, don't have the same respect for animals as the Western world does and I can't see that changing in a hurry. Putting aside the emotional aspect of animals, I can understand that people are seeking their own survival in many cases, and animals in such situations take 2nd place or less in the scheme of things.
~Mosaic