Egyptian oriental dancers have been fighting to protect their profession from "intruders" who they feel distort the dance style for a long time. But as more non-Egyptian dancers are coming to Egypt to start their career and new music genres emerge, the fight becomes tougher.
Most Egyptian oriental dancers used to dance to classical Arab music or songs by Umm Kulthum by translating the melodies through their body moves and using their faces and muscles to express the meanings of the songs, without uttering a word. These performances would give the audience a kind of sacred feeling and pure enjoyment of this authentic Egyptian art form.
