<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:54:25.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shamsa Raqs Sharqi</title><subtitle type='html'>Oriental Dance and Art</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116959515094459662</id><published>2007-01-23T15:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T15:32:30.953-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My multiply :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/782292/DSC00298.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/986093/DSC00298.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello everyone :)&lt;br /&gt;Please visit my super fun site with pictures, updated calender and texts, favourite songs, videos and much more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adryannashamsa.multiply.com"&gt;www.adryannashamsa.multiply.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;A&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116959515094459662?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116959515094459662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116959515094459662' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116959515094459662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116959515094459662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-multiply.html' title='My multiply :)'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116783164357813464</id><published>2007-01-03T05:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:40:43.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn 2007 :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/726995/Christmas2006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/841655/Christmas2006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Dear dancers,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;This has been an amazing magic time for me, one of the miracles in life...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Dancing has also been one of the passions of my life and I am willing to start my activities in tha fall :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Sending you all my LOVE and positive energy!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Until then dear students and workmates,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116783164357813464?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116783164357813464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116783164357813464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116783164357813464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116783164357813464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2007/01/autumn-2007.html' title='Autumn 2007 :)'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116533669209806497</id><published>2006-12-05T08:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:15:20.460-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dearest dancers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/642557/bellydancers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/148388/bellydancers.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dearest dancers who I have a special place in my heart:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Standing up: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Carlla Sillveira and I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Sitting down: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Iris and Hanne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;At Saraha Beduin Restaurant in November 2006 after Carlla`s show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;GOOD VIBRATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;KISSES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116533669209806497?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116533669209806497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116533669209806497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116533669209806497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116533669209806497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/12/dearest-dancers.html' title='Dearest dancers'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116533652592201508</id><published>2006-12-05T08:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-24T00:49:10.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DVD of Carlla Sillveira in Oslo 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/629787/capa[1].jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/257106/capa%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/585333/4.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Hello Dancers :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Due to the successful workshops and shows with Carlla in these past three years, we decided to make a DVD with all three choreographies of the workshops she gave in Oslo 2006 ( Drum Solo, Pop Saiidi and Modern Raqs Shamadan ), plus an extra dance Veil Wings and the show " Magic night with Carlla Sillveira " at the restaurant Sahara Beduin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;You can order your DVD by e-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:adryannashamsa@hotmail.com"&gt;adryannashamsa@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or by sms on my mobile : ( 47 ) 92 29 92 65.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;DVD will be launched on 1st February 2007. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;It costs Kr 350,00 buying directly from me. It will have an aditional cost of kr 50,00 if it must be sent by post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Hugs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116533652592201508?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116533652592201508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116533652592201508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116533652592201508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116533652592201508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/12/dvd-of-carlla-sillveira-in-oslo-2006.html' title='DVD of Carlla Sillveira in Oslo 2006'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116101351137910627</id><published>2006-10-16T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T08:47:08.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hauken i Redet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/Hauken%20i%20redet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/Hauken%20i%20redet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/October.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/October.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Hauken i Redet 2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;October 7th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;It was a mini festival that Jenny Staurset organized at Myrr. The money from this festival was donated to help children in Africa. We danced for a great purpose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116101351137910627?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116101351137910627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116101351137910627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116101351137910627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116101351137910627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/10/hauken-i-redet.html' title='Hauken i Redet'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-116101290662300096</id><published>2006-10-16T08:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:25:38.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Surnadal 2006 part 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/747714/Adrygreen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/201099/Adrygreen.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/Adrygreen2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/Adrygreen2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;I danced a Brazilian Drum Solo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;The Egyptian embassator was impressed :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;I felt honoured!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-116101290662300096?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/116101290662300096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=116101290662300096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116101290662300096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/116101290662300096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/10/surnadal-2006-part-3.html' title='Surnadal 2006 part 3'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-115069934679219512</id><published>2006-06-18T23:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:52:51.883-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Egyptian Magic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/977673/Egypt5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/537606/Egypt5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/60116/Egypt9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/651953/Egypt9.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/64512/Egypt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/830440/Egypt.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Nice summer breeze....... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;These wonderful pictures were taken by Class Fiskerud in Sharm El Sheikh in 2005, on Savoy Hotel`s private beach. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Great memories...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-115069934679219512?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/115069934679219512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=115069934679219512' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/115069934679219512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/115069934679219512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/06/egyptian-magic.html' title='Egyptian Magic'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114995708307650983</id><published>2006-06-10T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T08:21:40.823-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Raqs Al Andalus and Spanish-Arabian fusion practice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/aladalus.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/aladalus.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;RAQS AL ANDALUS AND SPANISH ARABIAN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;Hello Spanish Arabian dancers :),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;Rehearsals will happen in January 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;I will send you e-mails telling you when.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;Besitos :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;Adryanna Shamsa`s Oriental Dance School is at Arbeider gate 4 ( Lille Grensen ).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114995708307650983?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114995708307650983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114995708307650983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114995708307650983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114995708307650983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/06/raqs-al-andalus-and-spanish-arabian.html' title='Raqs Al Andalus and Spanish-Arabian fusion practice'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114312851603549649</id><published>2006-03-23T07:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T07:41:56.090-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Egypt 2005 - Sharm EL Sheikh part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/Egypt3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/Egypt3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Dancing has always been part of my life since I was a little girl.&lt;br /&gt;Gives me a lot of joy and an opportunity to express myself fully as a woman.&lt;br /&gt;Working with and spreading this beautiful Art made my spirit feel a sense of deep accomplishment towards lifting and blossoming the femininity in every woman of any type, age or race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114312851603549649?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114312851603549649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114312851603549649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114312851603549649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114312851603549649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/03/egypt-2005-sharm-el-sheikh-part-2.html' title='Egypt 2005 - Sharm EL Sheikh part 2'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114312513268380310</id><published>2006-03-23T06:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:24:26.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Surnadal Raqs Sharqi Festival 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/61478/Adrygreen3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/125313/Adrygreen3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/111095/Adrygreen4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/104162/Adrygreen4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/259912/Adrypink2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/946219/Adrypink2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Dancing with a silk veil is one of my passions, it really brings some poetry and fantasy in the dance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114312513268380310?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114312513268380310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114312513268380310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114312513268380310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114312513268380310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/03/surnadal-raqs-sharqi-festival-2006.html' title='Surnadal Raqs Sharqi Festival 2006'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114113985508197168</id><published>2006-02-28T07:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T08:25:52.300-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carlla Sillveira in Oslo 2006, SUCCESS!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/885995/saiidi2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/552234/saiidi2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/635388/drum3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/391088/drum3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/969352/basic3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/941999/basic3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Pictures from the left to the right:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Pop Saiidi Group, Spicy Hip Technique Group, Drum Solo Group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114113985508197168?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114113985508197168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114113985508197168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113985508197168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113985508197168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/02/carlla-sillveira-in-oslo-2006-success.html' title='Carlla Sillveira in Oslo 2006, SUCCESS!!'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114113937406537330</id><published>2006-02-28T07:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-03T05:18:50.776-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiring Dancers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/1600/113977/carladri.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4929/1467/320/211243/carladri.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/Aishadrikahina.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/Aishadrikahina.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Carlla Sillveira and I, November 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Oslo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Aisha, me and Kahina in Khan El Khalili, Sao Paulo, Brazil. January 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114113937406537330?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114113937406537330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114113937406537330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113937406537330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113937406537330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/02/inspiring-dancers_28.html' title='Inspiring Dancers'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114113917786158364</id><published>2006-02-28T07:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T07:26:43.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiring Dancers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/Meaidamedhat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/Meaidamedhat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Medhat Famy, me and Aida Nour. Cairo, Egypt, January 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114113917786158364?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114113917786158364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114113917786158364' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113917786158364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114113917786158364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/02/inspiring-dancers.html' title='Inspiring Dancers'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114111669632903750</id><published>2006-02-28T00:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T06:56:35.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Surnadal Raqs Sharqi Festival 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/AdryAhmed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/AdryAhmed.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ahmed Fekry&lt;/span&gt; is a great Egyptian dancer and instructor who lives in Germany nowadays. I had the pleasure to work with him again in a fantastic &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Belly Dance festival in Surnadal in February 2006&lt;/span&gt; which was perfectly organized by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Alya&lt;/span&gt;, a beautiful Egyptian professional dancer and instructor who lives in Trondheim. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114111669632903750?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114111669632903750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114111669632903750' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114111669632903750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114111669632903750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/02/surnadal-raqs-sharqi-festival-2006.html' title='Surnadal Raqs Sharqi Festival 2006'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-114111460426558382</id><published>2006-02-28T00:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T00:16:44.276-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Randa Camel in Oslo 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/AdriRanda.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/AdriRanda.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Randa Camel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;( for the first time ) and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Raqia Hassan&lt;/span&gt;( for the second time ) came to Oslo on the weekend 11 and 12 of February for the festival organized by Helene S.&lt;br /&gt;It was a pleasure having classes again with one of my favourite dancers, Randa. It was a great fun practicing a few Brazilian steps in Randa`s classes. Egyptians are really so fond of my country`s dance that they are incorporating into theirs.&lt;br /&gt;Randa`s show on Saturday was unforgettable, with live band and her great tabla player who came from Cairo with her.&lt;br /&gt;" Dear Randa, see you soon in December :) "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-114111460426558382?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/114111460426558382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=114111460426558382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114111460426558382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/114111460426558382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2006/02/randa-camel-in-oslo-2006.html' title='Randa Camel in Oslo 2006'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15744400.post-112488853594746242</id><published>2005-08-24T05:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T04:10:45.616-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Adryanna Shamsa - The Oriental Art and Dance</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/1600/9-c-up4%20copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4929/1467/320/9-c-up4%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raqs Sharqi, which means Oriental Dance in Arabic, is one of the oldest dance styles of the world. Some theories says that it was born in Egypt a million years ago and was spread to the ocident, Middle East and India by the gypsies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In ancient Egypt women danced to celebrate life, fertility and to give a healthy birth to their children. The Egyptian priestess danced inside the temple of Isis, Godess of fertility, for religious purposes.Nowadays, women in the Middle East and Northeastern Africa dance in special occasions such as family parties, birthdays and weddings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belly Dance is fascinating to watch and marvellous to dance. The most important thing is that dancing is a body expression. The dancer does not need to have a certain body type, religion, social level, race or age. Raqs Sharqi can be danced by everybody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oriental Dance practice improves your body awareness and self esteem, which estimulates having a positive point of view of your own life making you accept yourself exactly the way you are. It also helps creativity, making you develop your own style of dancing while you work with improvisation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15744400-112488853594746242?l=adryannashamsa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/feeds/112488853594746242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15744400&amp;postID=112488853594746242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/112488853594746242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15744400/posts/default/112488853594746242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://adryannashamsa.blogspot.com/2005/08/adryanna-shamsa-oriental-art-and-dance.html' title='Adryanna Shamsa - The Oriental Art and Dance'/><author><name>Adryanna Shamsa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01445226641102115410</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
