Welcome to Episode #19 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast with Hend Elbalouty (by Joana Saahirah).

🎤🎧✨In this episode, I invite Hend Elbalouty, the author of the book "Mahraghanat Dance in Egypt: Between Acceptance and Rejection" to discuss "Mahraghanat" Music and Dance, Patriarchy, what it´s like to live between East and West, and the power of female fierceness.

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🎤References shared by our guest:

"Risking the Self" by Diego Agulló

"Kalīlah we Dimnah" by Haytham El Wardany

Books by Naguib Mahfouz - "A Thousand and One Nights" and "The Thief and the Dogs".

Nawal El-Saadawi (my recommendation)

"Cold War" directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.

"Past Lives" directed by Celine Song

"The Land of Hipocrisy" directed by Fatin Abdulwahhab

I also recommend "Dunia" by Jocelyn Saab

Asmahan - "Dakhelt marra fi genina"

Sayed Darwish

🎤How to connect with Hend Elbalouty (and purchase her book): Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balouty/ Official Website: https://www.hendelbalouty.com/

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