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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Dec 15, 202110 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20211 min read
Spotlight On: The Bellydancers of Color Collective
Interview by Oriana
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Oct 15, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
Makeup & Beauty in Ancient Egypt
Video by Dr. Colleen Darnell, shared with permission
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jul 15, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jul 15, 20212 min read
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...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jul 15, 20215 min read
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...
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