Sriram Jagannathan

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“Who are the second-best-paid women in Egypt?” “Belly dancers, because Saudi tourists throw banknotes of a hundred dollars at their feet while they are dancing.” “And who are the best-paid women in Egypt?” “The converted belly dancers, because Saudi sheikhs transfer banknotes of a thousand dollars to their account if they stop dancing.”
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
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