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Old 06-20-2008, 01:42 PM   #51 (permalink)
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oooH! sorry....
I meant Egyptian dancers.
There are some very good Foreign dancers in Cairo and some who are just luke warm.
Nice to hear this about Liza.
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oooH! sorry....
I meant Egyptian dancers.
There are some very good Foreign dancers in Cairo and some who are just luke warm.
Nice to hear this about Liza.


Dear Caroline,
At least there are still a few Egyptian dancers dancing, thank goodness! Liza is one of the very few expatriate dancers who really seems to get the right essence in her dance. So many just seem to not quite get the right cultural feeling in what they are doing. Liza is Persian.
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Old 06-20-2008, 01:57 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Dear Priscilla,
I understand. I feel that way about a couple of dancers, too. I am not overly fond of Nagwa Fouad or Khaled Mahmoud or Heyertum! They each have some good attributes, but their overall dance styles just bother me.
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I do not like Nagwa either! I will not go into why though... Anyway, I think one reason I don't like Randa's dancing (Priscilla might agree) is her shimmy. It's very Raqia Hasan: a knee generated shimmy. I think it looks too aggressive and not feminine.
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I do not like Nagwa either! I will not go into why though... Anyway, I think one reason I don't like Randa's dancing (Priscilla might agree) is her shimmy. It's very Raqia Hasan: a knee generated shimmy. I think it looks too aggressive and not feminine.


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Oh God, I can't stand it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you PLEASE PM me and tell me why????????????
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Old 06-20-2008, 02:16 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Dear Caroline,

I think I know of the Lebanese dancer you speak of. There's a Bassema who use to work at Awtar in Beirut. I've seen an old video of her before the surgeries...I'm pretty sure she got an eye lift and a boob job...as well as losing a lot of weight (she was quite big by Lebanese standards!). She use to wear more traditional chunky Lebanese costumes but as of late she went crazy in the costuming department.

I describe her dancing style as "Nadia Jamal on speed". Very fast and JAZZY! Are we speaking of the same dancer?

Here's a video of her performing to Amarein by Melhim Barakat in Beirut:

YouTube - Bassima Bellydancer

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Yes Liza J... I heard so much about this off many many...

Back to Randa. I still do like her as I like strong dancers and in particular strong female types. I am not a fan of passive female coquettish stuff at all.
There are not too many great dancers in Egypt right now although I just heard of a new one on the scene at the Sheraton Helioplois. We also have Basima (lebanese dancer on the Maxim) She is so surgically enhanced she looks like Joan Rivers and wears the most outragous costumes ever.
Randa is still the most natural dancer we have in Egypt right now.
Nancy is my second favourite and she has improved soooo much over the last few years.
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Old 06-20-2008, 06:53 PM   #56 (permalink)
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mmm... not sure., it could well be although she looks very different. I will ask my daughter and get back to you.
the Basima I am speaking of has launched a huge publicity campaign with Billboards displaying her in Al Haram St.
Her costumes were over the top sexy with huge boobs and lips.
No doubt she will become the next best thing.
People dont seem to give a sh!t as long as they dance in Cairo.
On the other hand Basima may calm down a little and cool the dance image and stop trying so hard.
I despair when I see a dancer disfigured with cosmetic surgery it is so in fashion in Cairo these days. A dancer and club owner whom I have become close to in Cairo looks like a dead ringer for Pete Burns and that is the honest truth.
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Dollink,
Oh God, I can't stand it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you PLEASE PM me and tell me why????????????
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NOOOOOOOOO I need to know too.

A big can of juicy wriggly worms has just cracked open....
only kidding dont be afraid...
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oh dear, my proffesional name is princess basimah i hope pple dont think im all wacked up surgically!
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I despair when I see a dancer disfigured with cosmetic surgery it is so in fashion in Cairo these days. A dancer and club owner whom I have become close to in Cairo looks like a dead ringer for Pete Burns and that is the honest truth.
Hear hear, the plastic looking half-grapefruit boobs-under-the-chin look, and porno lips. Yuk - why oh why oh why?
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Hear hear, the plastic looking half-grapefruit boobs-under-the-chin look, and porno lips. Yuk - why oh why oh why?
OH OH OH, this is Bassima...the Lebanese dancer I was talking about. Is this the same dancer who is performing in Cairo right now. She has two video clips out, one called "Ana Bassima" (I'm Bassima) and "3aiza tra's" (I wanna dance).

Here's the "I wanna dance" one. It's...interesting

YouTube - basima want to dance ! ????? ????? ????
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