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Dancing With Life: A Young Woman's Quest for Art, Love and Freedom

By Dhyanis I was part of the "AmCab" era in Northern California, when what we learned from teachers like Jamila Salimpour, Bert...

Artist Spotlight: Raq’n Monkeys!

by Stacey Peacock - Alberta, Canada The age old question, “So what do you do?? I'm a belly dancing, stay-at-home-mom, with a BFA...

Spotlight on: Mahmoud Bahbah of Cairo

Interview and transliteration by Oriana How did you get started in dance? I started my artistic life in my hometown of Beni Suef...

Homage to Folkloric Styles

by Nizana El Rassan When Oriana asked for theme suggestions for Fanoos Magazine, one of my two suggestions was a focus on folkloric...

Spotlight On: Mido Fathelbab of Cairo

Interview and transliteration by Oriana How did you get started in dance? I started when I was six years old in 1985. It was my first...

COVER STORY" Roxxanne Shelaby and the MENAHT Dancers Collective

For our inaugural MENAHT and source teachers edition Fanoos met up with Roxxanne Shelaby to discuss the Fez, her thoughts and her new...

Funoon Shaabeya Documentary

by Sheyla Klementová A film about Egyptian traditional dance is about to happen and you can be part of it! My enthusiasm and excitement...

The Zay Initiative: Tulle Bi Telli

Original article published with permission Tulle bi telli, translated as ‘net with wire,’ is a traditional metal thread embroidery...