1. Dances of the Middle East

2. orientalism: habit of thought that uses the East as a mirror for the West, and by associating it with ideas such as irrationality, chaos, despotism, and oppression, justifies Western colonial policies. emic (experience-near) interpretation : a way of interpreting experiences with other cultures that focuses on describing things in terms of the culture’s actual expereinces and perceptions etic (experience-distant) interpretation: a way of interpreting other cultures taht sets them into a schema that is satisfying to the interpreter but would not necessarily align with the thought-world of the culture itself Key concepts

3. Some Places & Styles Maghreb: North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya but not the Nile Valley and Egypt Saudi/ Persian Gulf/Khaleegy : characteristic of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman Saidi : Characteristic of Upper Egypt (the southern part) Ouled Nail: A mountain range in Algeria, also the name of a well-known tribe in which the women spent their early adult years earning money through dance and prostitution

4. Some Dance rhythms Masmoudi Saghir (aka beledi) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - DUM DUM tek a tek DUM tek a tek (tek a) Or: 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - DUM DUM tek a tek DUM tek a tek (tek a) Ayyub 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - DUM DUM tek