interesting Egypt events

Gender Attitudes and Religious Mores in Egyptian Society

                Egypt views on religion, the opposite sex and many other things are very different from how we see them in United States. For example ninety present of their population is Muslim. But most of them have never ever read there holy book. The other ten percent are Christian. Which this was not as big of a surprise to me as what goes on between a man and women; in Egypt it is shamed upon if a woman is not a virgin. Witch was strange for me because the United States that is not a big deal for us we see girls having sex in high school and getting even younger every year. It’s not even that big of a deal. But over in Egypt it is completely different. One man that was interviewed said he would kill his sister if she lost her virginity before marriage. He was not joking at all. He really meant what he said. And he would really do it.  Which even in American there are protective brothers but they would be trying to kill the guy who took her virginity not her. But he might say he would kill her but he really wouldn’t. In Egypt that brother would kill her and go to jail but it would be worth it for his sister would have embarrassed his family’s name. Also in Egypt divorces is a lot different. Woman can apply for divorce but even if they get it they will never get their kids and never get a new husband.

HARAM! Unveiling the Mystery of the Forbidden Dance

                In American when you think of belly dancers there not a big deal, just something some girls do for fun. Some girls even do it to get in shape. But in Egypt it is a crime to be a belly dancer. It puts decrease on your family. So these girls have to do it in secret. It kind of like those underground dog or cage fights in American. But these girls do it because they love it. When I first walked into this event I thought it would just be like five dances. Not a real big number nothing to hard. But came to find out there were fifteen or more dances. This was really impressive for me because I do not know how they remember dancers could remember five dances that are at least five minutes long each. As the night went a long I became more and more impressed with each of these dances there was a story to go along with it. This was kind of nasty. They had a story of a pregnant girl and her birth of her baby. Another big surprise to me was how athletic these girls were. They were doing lots of things in these dances that were just in creditable.  They were fit and built well just like all the dancers are in America. They also must have a great memory. Each of the girls having at least five dances. This was a great event to go to.