MEMOIR

Portuguese Rocker Meets Persian Belly Dancer

Forbidden traditions and the ‘devil’s music

Rui Alves
Published in
8 min readMay 1, 2024

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Persian belly dancer holding a green veil dancing on a beach by the sea.
“Belly dancer” | CC0 Public domain image on PixHere

This story takes me back to a time when I was running Portugal’s most successful alternative music webzine. During that period, I was a frequent traveler, reporting from concerts and meeting artists from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

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Rui Alves
A-Culturated

I'm a language teacher, linguist and published author (who joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.