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Cover Photo provided by Ramzy,/Created by Oriana/ March 2025
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20245 min read
Spotlight On: Andalee
Fanoos caught up with Andalee of California to ask all about event production. 1. Tell us about the events that you have run/ currently...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20247 min read
1001 Nights: Do the Scary Thing
Adonia Renee One day while scrolling through Facebook, I stumbled upon a post from my friend Berna. She was putting on a theatrical...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20244 min read
Review of Cairo Shimmy Quake-10th Anniversary June 6-9, 2024
Nizana El Rassan For many years, I had looked into going to CSQ and it never worked out, partly because I’ve most currently lived on the...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Upcoming Events
Fanoos received a few brief advertisements for upcoming events, workshops and Haflas. We've compiled them for your convenience! Harem...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Event Planning: Tools, Tips, Techniques
Dawn Devine Hello, my friends in belly dance near and far. Hi, I’m Dawn Devine aka Davina and most folks in the belly dance world know...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20244 min read
SPRING ORIENTAL DREAMCAMP
Natasa Kocar How big or small should a country be to host an independent Oriental Dance festival? Well, I don´t know about that, but my...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20242 min read
List of Festivals in the US!
Lisa Jean and The Sparkly Dancers Society on FB! Here’s the list compiled by members of the Sparkly Dancer Society of upcoming workshops...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 202410 min read
Finding the groove together: Our need for the communal events of the cultures
Walladah With this article I want to invite you to a world of oriental dance that is not niche and segregated from other dances and...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20245 min read
FESTIVAL PARADOX
Amelie Rigetto This article is based on my own subjective experience with Bellydance festivals in Europe. I want to share with you my...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20244 min read
Raqsah wa Qissah وقصه رقصه: An Arab Dance Folk Tale
I am Phaedra Darwish from Chicago, and you could say I wear many hats: dancer, musician, event producer, educator, and collaborator. I...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20247 min read
The Future is Digital: Leena Viie and the Raks Dünya International Dance Summit
Dawn Devine Hello, my friends in dance! Over the summer I was approached by Leena and Sureya Hussein, the co-hosts of Raks Dünya...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20248 min read
Siwa, Egypt’s Most Unique Oasis
Tamalyn Dallal In 2004, I was traveling in Egypt with my friend and fellow dancer, Alexandra. She flipped the pages in her Lonely Planet...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20242 min read
Bellydance Stories Performance Lab
Real stories. Powerful performances. Every curve tells a tale. Belly Dance Stories is a year-long multimedia production with theater...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Festivals are Fun (And a LOT of Work!)
Nizana El Rassan A good festival is well organized and has a mix of performances, workshops and vending. I’ve had the joy and privilege...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20241 min read
Space Coast Raqs!
Space Coast Raks - Registration OPEN! Launch yourself into the Belly Dance Universe with Brevard’s only Belly Dance Immersive presented...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20242 min read
Hips of Strength
Join us for an enchanting celebration of dance and empowerment at our first annual HAFLA here on the Fun Coast, hosted by Flagler-Volusia...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20242 min read
ALMARIYYA FEST
Sultanette Almariyya Fest is an established International Oriental Dance & Arabic Flamenco Festival based in Almeria, Andalusia...
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Fanoos Magazine Oriana
Sep 15, 20247 min read
Cover Story: Mercedes Nieto
1. Tell us how you started Cairo Fest Budapest. Seventeen years ago, during my second visit to Cairo, I had the chance to experience the...
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