Mariam El Sayed

Confessions of a 30 Year-Old Pole Dancer (In Progress) PT. 2

Here is an article that will start with: “let me tell you about all the horrors and traumas that I have endured as I was born and raised in Egypt…” but it ends really well, I promise. Like most girls who were born and raised in the 90s in Egypt, we were given dolls to…

Confessions of a 30-Year-Old Pole Dancer (In Progress)

After turning thirty, like many other women, I panicked. For over ten to twelve years, I never practiced any sports -maybe the usual twenty-five squats, and the twenty-five crunches that get you to feel a little less guilty, and a little more confident about your body image. But that’s it. I’ve been seeing the rising…