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Belly Dancing Blues
May 25, 2009 Belly dancing is Egypt’s greatest cultural export. So why are there so few Egyptian-born belly dancers?A matron stands barefoot in the middle of a large hall. She is dressed in a gold coin bra and belt, a blue chiffon scarf draped around her round shape. As she starts to count, a young man keeps time on a drum. Thrusting her hip to the beat, she swivels on the ball of her left foot. Then, in a single motion, she steps forward to slowly extend her arms out and up.
A sea of arms extends as nine hundred bodies mirror her move. Then the drumming stops, and the women’s voice floats above the tinkling of …
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ISSUE 43 Tenth Anniversary: Spring 2012
online content:
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Anatomy of an Occupation
What really happened at Occupy Toronto? [full text] -
The Death of Networks
Occupy and the Arab Spring are often glowingly compared to the decentralized, democratic internet. But that very similarity may have doomed these movements from the beginning. [full text] -
Tenth Anniversary Timeline
A decade of Maisonneuve. [full text]
also in this issue:
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Face the Music
How can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness. -
The Big Job
As a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past. -
The Homesickness of Astronauts
"She felt a great sadness. She would remember next to nothing of this, even soon." - [see full issue contents]