"The Oriental Café Podcast"

Welcome to episode #7 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast dedicated to Popular Dance & Music in Modern Egypt, with our guest, Sherifa Zuhur.   🎤🎧✨In this episode, I invite Sherifa Zuhur, one of the best well-known authors and researchers in the field of Arabic Dance, Music, and Culture, and a dancer in her own right.     We go deep into polemic, dynamic, and deep conversation abou...

Welcome to Episode #6 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast by Joana Saahirah about the biggest tabus surrounding Egyptian Dance and how it´s so easy to destroy them 🎉 🎤🎧✨In this episode, I "spill the beans" and tell it like it is in regards to the biggest tabus, or prejudices, in regards to Egyptian Dance. I expose those nonsensical ideas and destroy them. In a wink. 🎤🎧✨To listen to our Podcast o...

Welcome to  Episode #5 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast  by Joana Saahirah with our guest,  Perla Elias Nemer 🎉     🎤🎧✨In this episode, I invite Perla Elias Nemer , a talented and out-of-the-box dancer, choreographer, teacher, musician (and more). We go deep into a fascinating, cozy, and fun conversation about personal freedom, the renaissance of the "Awalim", the relati...

In this episode, I reveal my dream-making formula, the one I´ve been using since I can remember to turn my dreams into reality. Even the ones the world claimed were "impossible".   👉To claim your Free Ebook "My Dream-Making Framework", follow this link: click here to claim your free ebook   👉 To subscribe to "The Oriental Café" Podcast Newsletter, receive our news and exclusive content...

Welcome to  Episode #3 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast  by Joana Saahirah with our guest, Leila Haddad 🎉     🎤🎧✨In this episode, I invite Leila Haddad, an icon in the field of "Raks el Sharki" - Oriental Dance - and an inspiration of mine. We talk about the definition of "Raks el Sharki", or the lack of one; the changes our dance has gone through; creative freedom; the socia...

Welcome to  Episode #2 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast  by Joana Saahirah🎉     🎤🎧✨In this episode, I´ll tell you how Egyptian Dance changed my life. I mean, drastically. As I usually say, there´s Joana before this dance and Joana after it. In this episode, you´ll discover how that radical transformation happened. Far away from the prejudices and the clichés, there´s a real a...

Welcome to Episode #1 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast by Joana Saahirah with my first guest, my husband, and love of my life, Miguel 🎉   🎤 🎧 ✨ I n this introductory episode, we speak about Love, Creativity, Soulfulness, and the "Rice Polemic". Yes, you read it well. If you want to know all about it, feel welcome to listen to this episode and let us know, in the comments, if you´ve enjoyed...

Welcome to Season #1 of "The Oriental Café" Podcast hosted by Joana Saahirah ✨📯 🧿 In this season, we´re sharing an episode every 15 days. Some times, we´ll meet solo, you and me; and other times, we´ll receive exciting guests talking about Egyptian Dance, Personal Empowerment, and, alas, Life. "The Oriental Café" Podcast is a place of congregation, sharing, and humanity where we can inspir...