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Dutty Wine is a song by dancehall artist Tony Matterhorn, and the dance of the same name is usually performed by women. It involves moving your legs like a butterfly, whilst simultaneously rotating your neck and posterior. Sometimes more advanced dancers will also include the splits in their Dutty Wine. The Dutty Wine experienced a surge of popularity around the world, especially in Jamaican communities in parts of the United Kingdom and North America. Some even labelled it as “the dance craze” of 2006.
The Dutty (Dirty Wind) Wine is generally performed to Dancehall style music. Some doctors have warned against performing the Dutty Wine, claiming it may cause serious muscle trauma, and ligament damage.
Prana Club, Amman’s true spot for real dance music brings you back Nadia Ali from IIO with special live performance also featuring DJ Sultan, Keyboardist Ned Shepard, Percussionist Bill Finizio and resident DJ Yazan on Thursday, September 6, 2007. For more info call Prana on +962-79-9197955 or email [link].
More info: Nadia Ali (born August 3, 1980 in Libya) is a singer who is best known as a former member of the band iiO. She was born to Pakistani parents and grew up in Queens, New York City, USA. Working with producer Markus Moser she wrote the lyrics and provided the vocals for the songs, most notably the 2001 hit “Rapture” which reached #2 on the UK pop chart and topped dance charts all over the world. This single was remixed many times by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, John Creamer & Stephane K and Deep Dish with bootleg and white label remixes emerging. As well as being the songwriter, she has also been the vocalist on all of the tracks released by the group. The releases culminated with the release of the debut album by the band, Poetica in the summer of 2006. She left iiO after 4 years in 2005 deciding to go solo. She is currently writing and recording her full length debut album with DJ/Producer Lance Jordan, DJ Sultan, and others. In 2006, as a solo artist, she released 2 singles. The first, “Who is Watching,” was a collaboration with DJ/Producer Armin Van Buuren and appeared on his album Shivers. The second, “Something To Lose” which is a duet with singer/songwriter Rosko, was produced by Creamer & K and released by Ultra Records. The duet was championed on the UK’s BBC Radio One by Pete Tong, and remixes have appeared on releases by Sharam Tayebi Deep Dish, as well as Roger Sanchez.
According to 7ala (translated): sorry for the weak skills, couldn’t find it in english
The Ministries of Interior and Tourism & Antiquities in Jordan gave permission to all nightclubs, discos and bars to open during the holy month of Ramadan (during September) for the first time ever.
The administrator of Amman Mr. Saad Wadi Al-Manaseer said that an agreement was made between both ministries to allow serving alcohol and food to tourists and foreigners in 3,4 and 5 stars hotels before eftar and during the day in all touristic hotels and restaurants during the month of fasting, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper. While Jordan used to prohibit serving food before eftar during the month of Ramadan every year in hotels and restaurants, also prohibits nightclubs, bars and discos to open until the end of the month. Not to mention that the Jordanian authorities used to impose penalties on violators ranging from fines to imprisonment.
To be honest, I think it’s a right thing to do because tourists regardless of their religion (Christians, Jews, Athiests.. even irreligious people) are free to do whatever they want, you can’t force them to fast if they do not want to, even by closing restaurants the whole time without giving any chance to eat, they can go to supermarkets, buy and prepare food. What about Christians? they have their own fasting month too.. Why don’t we ask the government to force shops to stop selling eggs and meat during their fasting period too? It’s their right too… If your friend respects you for your believes, then he should not eat in front of you while you’re fasting! and you should not tease him by eating things he’s not allowed to.
I also liked what globarama said on 7ala’s:
I guess it is a good thing the government is not a hypocrite. You can’t just know Allah during Ramadan only. if those Muslims worked there in other months, it is 7aram in Ramadan? if the government allows it in other months, there was Allah on all months, In Ramadan too. so, to be amazed and pissed at allowing those places to operate in Ramadan, is basically an indication that religion is not an issue anymore for the government.
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We all think we’re going to be great. And we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But, sometimes, our expectations sell us short.
Sometimes, the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected.
You gotta wonder why we cling to our expectations. Because the expected is just what keeps us steady… standing… still. The expected is just the beginning.
The unexpected… is what changes our lives.”
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