The workshop I had been looking forward the most, was the workshop with legendary Egyptian teacher and belly dancer Raqia Hassan. Raqia Hassan has taught many belly dancers in her life, including some of the biggest belly dance stars, such as Randa Kamel, Dandash, Dina and Soraya. Raqia Hassan also organises the Ahlan wa Sahlan Fesitval in Cairo, Egypt, which is famous world wide. I had heard so much about Raqia Hassan and I wanted to see by myself. Normally, in order to learn from Raqia Hassan, you would have to travel to Egypt, so the International Belly Dance Congress was a unique opportunity to learn from this great teacher, while staying in the UK. Raqia Hassan