Kathleen Fraser: 2 books
Mourning and Milestones
Honoring Anniversaries, Birthdays and Special Occasions After a Loved One Dies
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Grief can drive you to your knees, overtake you suddenly, and challenge you over and over again to find ways to simultaneously live and mourn. Its ability to exhaust us and to shake our stability seems to be greatest on special occasions. It is these landmark days that most challenge our ability to...
Before They Were Belly Dancers
European Accounts of Female Entertainers in Egypt, 1760-1870
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Focusing on Egypt during the period 1760 to 1870, this book fills in some of the historical blanks for a dance form often known today in the Middle East as raqs sharki or raqs baladi, and in Western countries as “belly dance.” Eyewitness accounts written by European travelers, the major primary...