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1. BALADI
Meaning = My Country / Of the Country
 Used by villagers who emigrated to the city
 Generic way of referring to Oriental Dance
• Root of Oriental Dance
 Has positive and negative connotations
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2. DANCE STYLE
 Earthy
 Grounded
 Mostly flat footed
 Simple step patterns
 Relaxed Arms
 Emphasis on the hips
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3. COSTUME
 Galabeya (traditionally loose and simple)
 Dance galabeya / Saidi dress
 Baladi dress
 White galabeya (Tet Baladi)
 Hip scarf
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4. SINGERS
 Fatme Serhan
• Taht El Shebbak
• Bint El Balad
• Ala Warag El Foul
• Ghannily Shiwayyi
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5. FIFI ABDO
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6. RANYA RENEE
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7. KAUTHER BEN AMOR
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8. SHAABI
Meaning = Of the People / Popular
 Developed in urban Egypt in mid ’60s.
 Music of the working class
 Roots in folk traditions of rural Egypt
 Traditional instruments + synthesizers
 Lyrics are political, social, playful, and/or explicit
 Sung in colloquial Arabic / slang
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9. CASSETTE CULTURE
 Gamal Abdel Nasser dies in 1970
 Egypt opens door to the West
 Working class becomes richer
• Hired in the Gulf
• Tourism
• People can afford to buy music
 Farid Al Atrache, Oum Kalthoum, and Abdel Halim
Hafez pass on.
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10. DANCE STYLE
 Strong folk influence (i.e. mawal)
 Playful, cheeky, flirtatious
 Earthy
 Mostly flat footed
 Simple, but with feeling
 Funky and hip-hop inspired
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11. COSTUME
 Galabeya
 Street clothes
 Bedlah if part of a routine
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12. SINGERS
 Layla Nasmy
 Aida Al-Shah
 Ahmed Adaweyya
 Abdel Basit Hamouda
 Hakim
 Saad Al-Soghair
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13. AHMED ADAWEYA
 Humble beginnings
 Famous for raspy voice and emotional mawaweel
 Uses music as a form of rebellion
 Paint a picture of society:
 Corruption and hopelessness
 Drugs and alcohol
 Work and Poverty
 Marriage and human relations
 Sexual innuendos
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14. YALIA
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15. DANDASH
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16. MAHRAGANAT SHAABI
Mahragan = Festival
 Born in Cairo’s slums
 Impromptu festivals
 Talks to the poor youth
 Politics, everyday life, fun, suggestive lyrics
 Use of keyboards, computers, and auto-tune
 Spread through pirated tapes and CDs
 Mix of Arabic and English to break into USA market
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17. DANCE STYLE
 Earthy, bouncy
 Full of personality
 Raw
 Mimicking fights
 Hip-hop influenced
• Sound
• Movements
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18. SINGERS
 DJ Moulid / DJ Sufi
 Sadat
 Fifty
 Oka We Ortega
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19. OSAMA MIMI FARAG
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20. AL-JEEL
Meaning = Generation
 Started in Libya
 Became popular in ‘80s
 Modern and polished
 Distance from Shaabi
 Traditional and modern instruments and arrangements
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21. DANCE STYLE
 Rooted in tradition
 Social dance
 More refined for belly dancers
• Often danced Oriental Style
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22. COSTUME
 Bedlah
 Belly dance dress
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23. SINGERS
 Hamid El-Shaery
• Lolaiki
 Nawal El Zoghbi
 Dalida
 Amr Diab
 Fadl Shaker
 Nancy Ajram
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24. DARYA MITSKEVICH
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