Again, notice the total saturation of this within South American culture. Non-Arabs are joining in.
Belly Dance
Bellydancing in San Juan, Argentina
Marina Zeghaib.
The show is from San Juan, Argentina. Marina is a teacher in the academy Ichallah in San Juan.
Jade: Mideastern Goddess
This is a promotional video for a Chilean who calls hereself Jade.
Again, Arabic culture is pervasive in South America. It is mainstream.
Arab Dancing at Al Shark
Apparently, a prominent dance show at Al Shark Restaurant in Buenos Aires.
Shark here comes from the Arabic word for East, not from shark (the fish), which in Spanish is tiburón. Al Shark is a mixture of Arabic and Spanish, which would mean, “to the East/Orient.”
The owner of the restaurant Al Shark (to the Orient) is Gustavo Massoud, which indicates that he is probably NOT an immigrant, but a totally assimilated Argentine.
I would guess he has some Maronite Lebanese ancestry in him, but I am not sure.
