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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 202311 min read
Excerpts: Elena Harrison
From A Year in the Sky (my first belly dancing class) A Year in the Sky (All Colors of the Rainbow): Mikado, Lena, Harrison, Christopher,...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20232 min read
Review of 2023 Spokane Bellyfest
by Nizana El Rassan This past April, I had the pleasure of teaching and performing at the annual Spokane Bellyfest in Spokane,...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20237 min read
The Journey To Retirement & Options
by Jennifer Ordonez There I was, hanging out with several of my dance colleagues I had known for many years in the living room of our...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 202319 min read
Yasmina Ramzy Memoir Excerpt
By Yasmina Ramzy, Copyright 2023 This memoir is a work in progress to be published later in 2023. Working titles are: So Where’s the...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20231 min read
COVER STORY: Alia Thabit
Fanoos sat down with Author and Dancer Alia Thabit to discuss, writing, publishing and illustrating.
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20239 min read
Men Have Always Danced
By Drake von Trapp, MA With the advent of video archives and analyses of various European travel writers, many have claimed that male...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 202316 min read
Novel Excerpt- Irene Hall
Dear readers! I have been given the opportunity to share with you some parts of a work in progress. This is excerpt from a novel about a...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20233 min read
How Fanoos Started…and Where It’s Going
A letter from Oriana Like most creative endeavors, Fanoos started as an idea during a time when big changes were happening.In the middle...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20233 min read
Musings of a Published Author
by Nizana El Rassan Without writers, there would be so much history, detail and information lost. Writers contribute everything from...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20237 min read
A Series of Fortunate Events – or “How I Became a Writer of Belly Dance Books”
By Sara Shrapnell Where to begin ? Perhaps back in the UK, when I was the busy Mum of three, who would hide away and write short stories...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20234 min read
Interview with Dalia Carella
by Nizana El Rassan Dalia Carella was one of the workshop instructors I studied with who made an impact on me early in my dance journey....
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 10, 202311 min read
The Power of Self-Awareness + Self-Management
By Kelli Nottingham, host of the Belly Dance Alchemy Podcast Have you ever met someone who had absolutely no self-awareness? They go...
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