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THE LANTERN-BELLYDANCE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY

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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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Jun 15, 202311 min read
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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,...
Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 20232 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20237 min read
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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...
Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 202319 min read
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COVER STORY: Alia Thabit
Fanoos sat down with Author and Dancer Alia Thabit to discuss, writing, publishing and illustrating.
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Jun 15, 20231 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20239 min read
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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...
Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Jun 15, 202316 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20233 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20233 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20237 min read
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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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Jun 15, 20234 min read
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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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Jun 10, 202311 min read
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