cigarette smoking bellydancer

12.17.06 @ 11:34 pm

I have mastered the art of bellydancing while smoking a cigarette. The trick is to make smoke come out of the belly button. It’s really quite extraordinary. The men love it

lousy dancer

12.17.06 @ 11:39 pm

When I posted my dabkeh moves on YouTube, there wasn’t a SINGLE positive comment. Not one. But I’m not discouraged. I’ll show them. I’ll show all of you. You haven’t heard the last of me. I’m thinking of making a video combining dabkeh with square dancing.

Iman

12.18.06 @ 12:21 am

… grow up! cigarette smoking bellydancer and lousy dancer, I know who you are! any relation to concerned palestinian and concerned citizen? I bet!

by the way..if you’d like dabkeh lessons, I’m willing to help!

queenie

12.18.06 @ 12:22 am

I love dabkeh as well, and you’re right about decent Arab hangouts, there are none. Even the ones here in Toronto I’m hesitant to go to because of sleazy guys and everyone makes the scene out to be about argeelah and Nancy Ajram look alikes, nothing to do with actual Arab culture :p
Here’s another dabkeh performance (2 parts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzYOPlDdFSg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XaWkM7_bCo

dancing mathematician

12.18.06 @ 1:27 am

The key to great dabkeh is concentration. I believe that the best test to see if someone is a good dabkeh dancer is to get them to dance while reciting the value of pi to the 100th decimal place. Multi-tasking can help develop dabkeh focus.

effervescent freeloader

12.18.06 @ 1:41 am

I would like to see a “Dancing with the Stars” spin-off entitled “Dabkeh with the Stars”. Lets see if Jerry Springer can manage that without breaking a hip.

L@!L@

12.18.06 @ 3:47 am

Hey

when you pay us a visit we can let my sisters teach you professional hanooneh style dabkeh

mo

12.18.06 @ 1:37 pm

i can’t idbik to save my life

falasteenyia

12.18.06 @ 3:43 pm

everyone is shocked when i tell them i cant do dabkeh….:(

i wish i knew how- and yea id like to see a combo of step dance and dabkeh- i think it would be real cool.

kerr

12.18.06 @ 5:33 pm

Thanks Iman. If we want our community center to be successful, WE MUST START a Dabkeh group and also teach Dabkeh.

Fateh and Hamas need to listen to the words of the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCWeORo3ar8

moi

12.18.06 @ 7:11 pm

by far the funniest dabkeh video I’ve seen is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ScBKc1lu4

Queenie–what a coincidence that the videos you linked to are from my university and the people doing dabkeh are some of my friends; they’ve been winning in this dance competition for the past few years

Iman

12.18.06 @ 10:15 pm

queenie, so I guess it’s not just Chicago’s hang outs then. Thanks for the links!

dancing mathematician & effervescent freeloader, you’re the same person …and I admit you’re hilarious…

Laila, I would love to, that would be so awesome…I might be able to teach them a few moves myself lol. can we also go to zawadeh?!

mo, you’re missing out!

falasteenyia, practice…you’ll pick up on it!

Kerr, Hello! how many times did I suggest it? But you know what..SOME people don’t like to take my suggestions seriously! And yes Kerr that was the song I said they should listen to!

moi, lol…at least they’re in shape… Your friends do a good job at dabkeh.