Phenomenal Dancers, Phenomenal Women
by Staff Writer Nizana El Rassan In honor of women’s month, I propose that every woman is “phenomenal,” just like Maya Angelou spoke...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Mar 15, 2022
- 6 min
Basic Video Production and Dance for Performance and Classes
by Jessikah Bellydance We’ve all seen the videos where people lip-sync to existing trending audio and use their 10 to 15 seconds to do...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Get the Golden Era Look!
Infographics by Amara Sayid Amara has shared with all of you her trade secret on how she does her Pin-Up Style Wet Set Roller Curls! ...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 10 min
From Spain to Dendera
by Yvette Smith "La Reina" I knew six months ago when I started taking American Cabaret belly dance classes in Tallahassee, Florida that...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
Boston Belly Dance Firsts
By Amy Smith The “Nightclub Era” of Boston belly dance took place from the 1950s - 80s. During this time, you could see belly dancing...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Vintage and Golden Era Musings
By Nizana El Rassan As of late, there seems to be a resurgence of interest in vintage and golden era belly dance. I know there is at...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Spotlight on: Khyria Mazin of Luxor
Fanoos caught up with Khyria Mazin, Shining Peacekeeper (Patricia Clark-Giley) and translator Hebba to talke Ghawazhee dance, folklore...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
COVER STORY: Kamala Almanzar
Fanoos reached out to the legendary Kamala Almanzar in LA for this year's "Golden Era and Vintage Bellydance" issue. What a Treat! ...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Virtual Vivid: An Online Showcase
The Vivid performance series was created by Vanessa Kettler to showcase the art of belly dance in a thoughtful, stylish and respectful...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
A PERSPECTIVE ON ISOLATION
by Suli Adams Worldwide the pandemic has given us an opportunity to experience isolation. It has for some, resulted in depression,...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Oct 15, 2021
- 8 min
COVER STORY- OREET OF SHARQUI
Fanoos Magazine caught up with Oreet to discuss community, business and heritage. We asked the community who they thought represents...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
How to Move Your Pelvis with Ease
by Dr. Katie van den Heuvel, PT, PAM-MC Getting your pelvis to move with ease and fluidity takes preparation, practice, and patience....
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
Spotlight On: The Bellydancers of Color Collective
Interview by Oriana
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
DIVERCITY OF PEMBROKE: Where is home?
by Suli Adams As a woman with Asian heritage born in Africa now living in Canada, I find myself asking, where is home? I was born in...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
On Being Part of the Dance Community
by Nizana El Rassan The “belly dance” or MENAHT dance community means different things to different dancers, or sometimes there are...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Jul 15, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Makeup & Beauty in Ancient Egypt
Video by Dr. Colleen Darnell, shared with permission
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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