VIDEO: Embodying a culture

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.

Senior Middle Eastern studies major Noelani Kelly has been belly dancing since she was 14, saying it promotes confidence for herself and women. - JOSHUA MAASSEN

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