In other classes, you don't really feel different because you can do the work other people do.

I come here every morning and sometimes I leave at 3 p.m. without work. I keep doing it because I can't find a permanent job. I'd like to find something better.

I come here to wait and see if I'll get picked up (for work). Sometimes I'll buy cigarettes and a cup of coffee to get me ready for the day. Tell me, what law am I breaking?

This is kind of hard work. It's too tough for some of the locals. But we make money doing this. We can make more than $100 a day.

It's been hard, we've been living day by day. We don't have any place to live, to work, nothing.

It is a fusion of Middle Eastern, African, Spanish flamenco and Indian dances. We celebrate the spirit and strength of the femininity of women. That's what belly dancing is all about.