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Amina

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I'M MAD AS HELL AT RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY (blog entry) Hello people, this is 2007 and we are still dealing with the racist violence characteristic of the lynchings of this country's bloody past. Two recent cases that make my blood boil:

Martin Lee Anderson- a 14 year old boy beaten to death by gu... read more
blog entry posted Tue, October 30, 2007 - 7:33 AM permalink - 3 comments
Ramadan Mubarak 13 Sept 2007 (blog entry) Today is the first day of Ramadan. I am here at work trying to fast and feeling like the day should be over already. Im not used to it yet, I'll need a couple of days. I am happy and grateful for another opportunity to fast for the pleasure of A... read more
blog entry posted Thu, September 13, 2007 - 8:15 AM permalink - 3 comments
Yousry Sharif and Zaza Hassan Workshops (June 3 and 4 2006) (blog entry) Wow! What inspiration! Before this past weekend I had never taken workshops with male dancers for raqs sharqui. Both of these master instructors were amazingly wonderful. They each had very different styles but what I learned from each was so c... read more
blog entry posted Wed, June 7, 2006 - 9:36 AM permalink - 2 comments
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I'M MAD AS HELL AT RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY
Hello people, this is 2007 and we are still dealing with the racist violence characteristic of the lynchings of this country's bloody past. Two recent cases that make my blood boil:

Martin Lee Anderson- a 14 year old boy beaten to death by guards while in a Panama city juvenile youth camp. A recent all-white jury acquitted the guards and nurse involved in the fatal beating and cover-up of the youth.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter F... read more
Tue, October 30, 2007 - 7:33 AM permalink - 3 comments
 
Ramadan Mubarak 13 Sept 2007
Today is the first day of Ramadan. I am here at work trying to fast and feeling like the day should be over already. Im not used to it yet, I'll need a couple of days. I am happy and grateful for another opportunity to fast for the pleasure of Allah (swt). This is the second year in which I completely stopped dancing during the holy month.

As I get older I realize that the battle is not so much about abstaining from food and drink but the battle to control the lower self and keeping p... read more
Thu, September 13, 2007 - 8:15 AM permalink - 3 comments
 
Yousry Sharif and Zaza Hassan Workshops (June 3 and 4 2006)
Wow! What inspiration! Before this past weekend I had never taken workshops with male dancers for raqs sharqui. Both of these master instructors were amazingly wonderful. They each had very different styles but what I learned from each was so complementary to what the other taught.

The two instructors I was honored to study with were Yousry Sharif and Zaza Hassan. Yousry taught a tight, exciting choreagraphy to a track from the Wash Ya Wash vol. 6 CD. It was a challenging choreagraphy... read more
Wed, June 7, 2006 - 9:36 AM permalink - 2 comments
 
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