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There's a new article on Shira.net - actually, it's going to be a series of articles, but so far I've posted only the first installment. It's about the life of Badia Masabni, from early childhood on into adulthood. It's Priscilla Adum's translation of a series that ran in an Egyptian newspaper in 2010. The series consisted of 14 parts, and this first installment on my web site contains parts 1 through 3. Stay tuned for more in the near future:
www.shira.net/about/badiabio1.htm
www.shira.net/about/badiabio1.htm
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Thu, July 5, 2012 - 12:31 PMMe like too. Looking forward to the rest.
Okay, so if she didn't create the dance, hopefully it is fair to say that she presented it in a way that has become a worldwide standard.
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Thu, July 5, 2012 - 2:33 PMStay tuned to this tribe - I have more good stuff in the pipeline, and I'll announce it hear when it's posted!
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Fri, July 6, 2012 - 7:16 AMCool! Thank you for posting these translations! Shira your web site is practically a text book!
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Fri, July 6, 2012 - 7:59 PMAre you done reading Parts 1 through 3 of "The Life of Badia Masabni"? If so, here are parts 4 through 6 for your reading pleasure:
www.shira.net/about/badiabio2.htm
It's Priscilla Adum's translation of a series that ran in an Egyptian newspaper in 2010. The series consisted of 14 parts, and this installment contains parts 4 through 6. Stay tuned for the rest being posted in the future.
Many thanks to Priscilla for her hard work in translating this Arabic-language material into English - she has done ground-breaking work in making our dance form's history more accessible to us. -
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Mon, July 16, 2012 - 9:01 PMThese are fascinating! Thanks so much!
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Sun, January 6, 2013 - 11:30 PMThis weekend I posted parts 7, 8, and 9. Also, I changed the links for parts 1 through 6 when doing a bit of reorganizing on my web site. Here are the correct, updated links for all 9 parts:
Part 1, Queen of Suffering and of the Night: shira.net/about/badiabio01.htm
Part 2, Unlimited Pain: shira.net/about/badiabio02.htm
Part 3, Escape from Her Mother's Hell: shira.net/about/badiabio03.htm
Part 4, Here's Cairo: shira.net/about/badiabio04.htm
Part 5, The Return to Beirut: shira.net/about/badiabio05.htm
Part 6, Fame in Beirut and Pain in Damascus: shira.net/about/badiabio06.htm
Part 7, The Beloved of the Public: shira.net/about/badiabio07.htm
Part 8, The Seeker of Love: shira.net/about/badiabio08.htm
Part 9, Crazy About Badia: shira.net/about/badiabio09.htm
I still plan to post parts 10 through 14 someday. But for now, this is what I've got.
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Mon, January 14, 2013 - 8:26 AMIn this 1966 interview done after she retired and moved to Lebanon, Badia Masabni talks about her life's work, the dancers and musicians she worked with, which dance forms she fused to create raqs sharqi, and much more. Also, if you watch the video clip that this translation covers, you'll see Badia herself sing and play finger cymbals!
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Mon, January 14, 2013 - 8:27 AM(For those who wonder about the deleted post above, it was a duplicate of the one this reply is to. Oops!) -
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Re: Badia Masabni's life story
Mon, January 14, 2013 - 10:23 AMHave you ever considered making the text of your website into a print book? I'm serious.!
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