Haala Khaliji at Cairo Calling

I was honored to perform at Cairo Calling, presented by Hannan Sultan and starring the amazing Mohamed Shahin. Location: Durham Arts Council, Durham NC. I performed a traditional “Khaliji“ folkloric dance, the first half of which was choreographed by the lovely Amani Jabril who has previously toured in Saudi Arabia. I was also influenced for this particular performance by my private lesson with Mr. Shahin the night before the show. Note: there is no “one“ style of Khaliji dance - the d