Talk:Walking like an Egyptian

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2005-07-18. The result of the discussion was keep.

Does anyone actually believe this? 66.81.124.224 02:11, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC) (This was me, I thought I was logged in) sunbird 02:12, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• I doubt it, but anyway, that's not really the point. The link between the movement and ancient egyptians in pop culture is pretty strong. --fvw* 02:18, 2004 Nov 26 (UTC)
  • I'm listing this in vfd. Looks really like Original research, among other thingsBorisblue 02:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Original research

There also exists a small sect of ravid proponents of a movement to popularize a new form of "walking like an Egyptian," based on stereotypes gleamed from months of observation in modern day Egypt. Typically, this new form of "egypt walk" involves two people (any combination of the two sexes, but most often involving two people of similar sex). In order to execute this walk effectively, the two must be walking side by side with arms locked, and, as is often the case, engaged in other forms of bodily contact. The walk is necessarily slow, and although it is not a requisite, it is often used as a means of obstructing paths of free movement for others. Unlike the "walk like an egyptian" movement of the 1980s in America, this new movement is most popular in Egypt itself (though that is not to say that other countries do not have their own national forms of the walk)

I've removed the above content from the article because it has all of the appearances of original research: a Wikipedia editor observed people in Egypt walking in pairs and decided that it was a new form of walking. No sources were provided in support of it. Please cite sources that demonstrate that this is not original research. Uncle G 20:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I think the picture of the statue walking is a bit silly because it does not walk normally at all.