June 2023

THE LANTERN-BELLYDANCE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY

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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

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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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A Series of Fortunate Events – or “How I Became a Writer of Belly Dance Books”

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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The Power of Self-Awareness + Self-Management

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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