I remember, some years ago, how, when I arrived to EN POI, a dancing school in the ‎suburb of ‎Maroussi for my physical exercise, it was announced to us that oriental dancing ‎classes were to begin, ‎with Ms Mariam Prokou as teacher. I expressed my interest with ‎pleasure. My acquaintance with our ‎new teacher was particularly pleasant, because her ‎appearance betrayed a kindly person. Her gifts as a ‎teacher became clear in the course of ‎the teaching classes. Through them, a new and totally different ‎world opened for me, ‎because of the culture that lay behind the dance. Every movement had its own ‎significance ‎and a distinct place in the role of women as mothers! I will never forget the ‎‎“serpent” ‎exercise, especially difficult, for me at any rate. Watching it performed by Ms Mariam ‎it ‎seemed the simplest thing in the world! Now, a few words regarding Ms Mariam as ‎teacher. What ‎can one say: Especially gifted, enormously patient, with exceptional ‎communication powers. As to her ‎dancing: sheer magic! Unfortunately, my personal ‎delightful engagement ended soon, causing me ‎great sorrow, but the experience is ‎embedded in my memory as something most interesting and ‎pleasant. I wish to all ‎Mariam’s disciples, female and, why not, male, every success, and to her ‎personally both ‎individual and professional achievements.‎.