Osama Mohammed Saber is a 23-year-old Saudi marketing director in a soft drinks company here in Jeddah, but during the weekends, Osama throws aside his business suit and puts on a different costume, one that comes with a cool attitude and some really impressive moves. Being a member of a break dancers group, Osama and his mates gather in the weekends to play some music and practice their choreography. It's usually for the fun of it, but sometimes the group practices to prepare for challenges held against other groups in Jeddah or visiting groups from other cities. Osama's break dance group was started last year by 13 youngsters who were determined on mastering the complicated and fast moves of break dancing, which takes a long time to learn. Osama surfs the internet looking for break-dance news and videos around the world to share with his dance partners every weekend. “We watch videos, and follow up break-dance news but no imitation”, said Osama.” Loud freestyle, RNB, pop, and old school music usually played for dancing, “Break dance and old school music is the most preferable for us”, said Osama “about 30 percent of our moves were completely created by them.” Even though it is considered more of an art, break-dancing is closer to sports in many aspects. Like most sports, it might leave those who try it with painful and sometimes serious injuries. Ahmed Zaki, a 21-year-old Saudi receptionist had been taking kung fu lessons since 1997. Ahmed uses his kung fu skills in break-dancing, his choreography can sometimes be mistaken for a martial arts training session. Ahmed's love for break-dancing left him with more than the admiration of his peers; his shoulder bears the marks of several injuries and surgical procedures that he ended up with when some of his dances went wrong. __
