Alia Thabit, is an Arab-American dancer, writer, artist, and guide. Her teaching, coaching, and performances celebrate belly dance's cultural ideals of feeling, playfulness, and joy. She became a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner to better help people connect to their creativity, body and soul, with pleasure and ease. An international and online instructor with decades of experience, Alia is the author of Midnight at the Crossroads, a book about the heart and soul of belly dance.