Joana Saahirah of Cairo dancing Om Kolthoum

Antecipation for my next OM KOLTHOUM's WORKSHOP in ITALY, this October!
As an Oriental Dancer, no other subject is as fascinating as this one.
Om Kolthoum brought the technique, entonation and spiritual feeling from the "Coran" recitation (which she did since she was a little girl, taken by her father who dressed her as a boy to be accepted in religious feasts) to the most beautiful LOVE songs and gave them that RELIGIOUS feeling.

Although most egyptians will not notice it, but it was Om Kolthoum who joined religion with love and passion, turning them all in one single sacred thing.
The "tarab" she can produce in the audience s hearts is so much of this miraculous UNION: sky and earth, what muslims may consider "haram" (forbidden by God) and "halal" (allowed by God).

Who else could sing about embrace and love making with a religious tone and feeling to it?! Dear friends, this is what I call a REVOLUTION.