In 2018 EmmaLucy was accepted as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and shortly afterwards took the opportunity to audition for the 2019 Microlectures event, organised by the Younger Members’ Committee. She was successful and joined 5 other researchers and adventurers in the RGS Ondaatje Theatre, March 2019, to present an insight into a facet of her research in Egypt.
Having inadvertently spent 2 years living with a Bedouin tribe, EmmaLucy shared her unique research into the Dahiyya; an ancient dance where genders freely interact, but which now is often forbidden.
It is probable that this was the first time in RGS history that 400+ members had danced and chanted Arabic in the lecture theatre!
Click the link below to watch the 10-minute microlecture, plus audience questions hosted by broadcaster and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota