Webster student Noelani Kelly, Middle Eastern studies major, makes a living belly dancing in different venues in St. Louis. Kelly said her dance empowers her as a woman and recommends others to try it.
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Find out Kelly’s passion and love for the Middle East and how she plans to make a career out of it, next issue of The Journal, in an in-depth feature.
Video/Audio editing: Carlos Restrepo
Photos: Joshua Maassen
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