The Last Egyptian Belly Dancer

i guess by wahhabis u mean ...those who follow islam in its ONLY form. by that i mean they believe in God, his prophet muhammad, and following muhammad's example and the example of his companions after him, guess what? shia's beleive something totally different. and guess what else? ali may god be pleased w him was alive at the time of the first shias and he burned them. but that was during war with them and obviously cannot be doneat this time.

SAd,sad world when beauty is stripped from life for perverse morals of fanatics. Thet're triing it in the US as well,uglu atitudes breeding ugly activity and thought.

Not just Belly Dancing... but the Entertainment industry.
At least they are not completely censoring it.
A French film crew shot a movie called "Whatever Lola Wants" in Egypt and Morrocco about Belly Dancing.
And it is not censored. Even going as far as using "***" in the film.

Not just Belly Dancing... but the Entertainment industry.
At least they are not completely censoring it.
A French film crew shot a movie called "Whatever Lola Wants" in Egypt and Morrocco about Belly Dancing.
And it is not censored. Even going as far as using "***" in the film.

IF the people truly do want to be more conservative, then it's fine. However, this is one true way to decrease tourism. Looks like, however, in reading the other comments, that there are many issues beyond entertainment here. I for one, think Egypt is a beautiful country. I do wish the government would take better care of the pyramids though. It's sad to see so much debris and waste laying nearby in the sand.

Shamrocker, you decry the evil, immoral nature of American culture but lose sight of the fact that because you live in a Western culture is the only reason you can express these views. Try this for me, just as a little experiment. Go to the middle of any town, village or city in Saudi Arabia and start making disparaging remarks about Islam. See how long before you are jailed or worse. Do the same in New York City. You may get a few strange looks but I doubt your life would be forfit. Most modern Americans seem moral enough to know that killing others in order to force your religious views on others is wrong. I say most because there are extremists in every culture, but even the religious right in America, who I dislike immensley, uses propaganda rather then violence to spread their message (I know there are exceptions). If you want to live in a sexually repressed, censored, theocratic, oppressive, dogmatic society where someone else tells you what you can see, hear, read, or are able to dicuss you have the ultimate freedom of any person in any free country. The freedom to leave. Let me know how that works out. America sure as hell ain't perfect but I'll take it over the alternative any day.

Shamrocker, you decry the evil, immoral nature of American culture but lose sight of the fact that because you live in a Western culture is the only reason you can express these views. Try this for me, just as a little experiment. Go to the middle of any town, village or city in Saudi Arabia and start making disparaging remarks about Islam. See how long before you are jailed or worse. Do the same in New York City. You may get a few strange looks but I doubt your life would be forfit. Most modern Americans seem moral enough to know that killing others in order to force your religious views on others is wrong. I say most because there are extremists in every culture, but even the religious right in America, who I dislike immensley, uses propaganda rather then violence to spread their message (I know there are exceptions). If you want to live in a sexually repressed, censored, theocratic, oppressive, dogmatic society where someone else tells you what you can see, hear, read, or are able to dicuss you have the ultimate freedom of any person in any free country. The freedom to leave. Let me know how that works out. America sure as hell ain't perfect but I'll take it over the alternative any day.

Every Egyptian who knows Sawiris knows he's full of ***...he is one of the "American wanna be" Egyptians...he forgets his roots and his origin living in a bubble within a suffering community, and all he cares about is to put his "determination" to promote what the western society wishes to let go off after they tasted the consequences of their alleged liberalism. Hey Sawiris...wake up ***

selena087 - it is very obvious that you are wahabi.. because you believe their lies about Shias.. If you think i'm biased about wahabis, then please go to the website: http://www.islamic-information.com/ and email the imam there - Maulana Mukhtar Shah Naeemi - who happens to be Sunni and ask him what types of things Wahabis have done.. You still don't believe it, then please read the book - The two faces of Islam - not written by a Shia or Sunni but a Jewish author.. You still don't want to believe it, then please look up the word wahabi on yahoo and find out how hateful their religion is.

A shia only dislikes the enemies of the family of Prophet Muhammad, because Prophet Muhammad said that Allah's curses are on those people.. Neither a Sunni nor Shia is an enemy of Prophet Muhammad's family.. But a wahabi is

Wow people hate America huh? Well I was just born here and I dont believe in or condone alot of things this country does, but I would want to live anywhere else because at least here I am free..

ignorance begets ignorance.
I am of the belief that one should research before speaking out.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
ALL the cultures, across the board, have had history of war, and in some cases a strict sect of religion.
Some want to say extremism lives in the Middle East..It is not only there.
Here is an at-home example of extremism in religion- puritanism.

The irony is that probably some of these same people here slamming belly dancers are the same ones who tune into "Dancing with the Stars or American Idol". Or perhaps they also frequent Hooters as well.

I love Egypt and their beautiful dancers. Some teach frequently in the US and elsewhere in the world if Egypt decides that there is no room for them I am sure they will be welcome elsewhere!