Product Description

Tamalyn Dallal, world reknown bellydancer, teacher, and intrepid traveller takes you on a ropm through Colombia, South America in the 1980's, where she dances for mafiosos, becomes friends with a "Gamine" (street child), gets swept off her feet by a lawyer affiliated with the guerillas, gets stuck in a remote jungle on a broken bus,etc. This is the story of a belly dancer, and of Colombia in the 1980's. "They Told Me I Couldn't" is fascinating, funny, and you won't want to put it down.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1025665 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
A remarkable woman who writes of travels to one of the world's most unusual places -- Seattle Times, August 1998

About the Author
Tamalyn Dallal has been belly dancing since 1976. Her travels as a dancer have taken her to 29 countries. Ms. Dallal founded the Mid Eastern Dance Exchange in Miami Beach, a non profit arts organization and dance school in 1990, through which she has produced numerous theatre productions, dance festivals, and DVD's. She is currently working on the "40 Days and 1001 Nights" project, in which she lives in 5 Islamic countries for 40 days each to write a book by the same name, as well as produce a film.

Customer Reviews

good travel book
Interesting concept--a young middle class american girl,travels to Columbia---to belly dance.Big contradiction--she happens to be (a) naive (b)a feminist(c)unware of how attractive she is.Makes for a decent story,writing seems to be a bit uneven,but good visuals overall

Fantastic Book
Dallal gives us a warm, exciting glimpse into adventures most of us will never experience, and a world we often do not understand. Informative, enteraining, and an easy read, I recommend this book to any one who enjoys the travelogue genre.