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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 30, 1968
Bagdad native in 'Kismet'
By CANDACE OSBORNE
Kansas Staff Writer
What more could "Kismet" ask for than a dancing girl who is a native of Bagdad?
Opening Thursday night in University Theatre, Alia ALturck (pictured at right) will perform in an Arabian Nights' setting in old Bagdad. She is one of many dancing girls, but her counsel has been invaluable to the production of this exotic play.
A graduate student in physical education, Miss Al-Turek was "discovered" by Jed Davis, director of "Kismet" and professor of speech and drama. She has taught fencing and dance in the theatre and is studying "dance and television" for her thesis project.
Miss Al-Turck, speaking slowly in English, said she aided in costuming and the intricacies of
Voice to protest Gen. Walt's visit
A funeral march on election day, Nov. 5 and a protest parade on Nov.11, Armistice Day, were organized last night by People's Voice.
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Activities for Nov. 11 will include a follow up parade protesting the visit of Gen. Lewis Walt, former Marine commander in Vietnam, who will appear in the annual Armistice Day parade.
Tentative plans after the parade include a teach-in and singin at Strong Hall. At 5:30 p.m., participants will demonstrate disapproval of the Vietnam war by presenting a statement to persons attending a dinner in honor of Walt, in the Kansas Union.
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the Arabian dances for "Kismet." While sipping the dark strong coffee of her native land, she held up solid gold earrings she will wear during the play, and a gold arm bracelet that is a snake winding about the upper arm.
Wearing a black floor length dress hand-embroidered with threads dipped in liquid gold, she also has an ankle bracelet of gold worth several thousand dollars.
After teaching for three years in Bagdad and organizing the first professional dancing groups there, Miss Al-Turek came to KU to work on her master's degree. She hopes to experiment with teaching dance on television in Topeka before returning home. However, she is a little apprehensive.
In her homeland, dancing by women is frowned upon. But she hopes to be instrumental in changing this. Many of the customs are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Some she hates to see go.
The weddings, for example, are beautiful. Miss Al-Turck spoke of attending the actor Omar Sharif's sister-in-law's marriage. Before the wedding, one night is spent celebrating the bride in her home without the groom. Likewise, the man's home is not graced by his wifeto-be the following night.
At home, the story of "Kismet" is not well-known, but the tales of Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights is as much a part of their rich past as "Little Red Riding Hood" and other fairy tales are to ours.
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