Hi to all the Café members . Here's a little info about me.

My name is Feras Alkharboush, living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I started doing magic 3 years ago, first seeing Blaine doing his magic.

I first learned from different exposure sites, and got involved in some magic forums ( Ellusionist in particular, which helped me quite a bit ). I was advised to read Royal Road, which I did. I studied it for months ( 9 or 10 approx. ) with R. Paul Wilson's DVD set and performed every single trick in it ( except the Platform tricks, haha). I do perform some effects from it regularly even now( Righting the Wrong is a favorite )
I moved into Expert Card Technique, as R. Paul Wilson suggested, and after I got more confident in my skills, I tackled Ed Marlo's The Cardician ( cheap, and I was intrested in this Marlo guy I keep hearing about ).

Now its been 3 years, and I think I have decent information when it comes to card magic ( which I was doing exclusivly ). I read through Vernon, Darwin Ortiz, Harry Lorayne with his books and Apoclypse magazine, tiny bit of Marlo ( I got M.I.N.T.2, read it for a week for acadimc reasons only ), Paul Harris, Peter Duffie and currently doing Card College in an effort to refine my skills ( finished vol.1 and going through 2 ). In effort to learn magic other than cards, I picked Magic for Dummies, which I'm working through too.

I spent the last months reading threads in the Café, finally I got the chance to log in. I hope you find my posts informative, and I hope to learn more from you guys,

~ Feras

Welcome to the Café. I regognize the name from other boards.

Hey Jimmy!
I remmeber talking to once on the boards, when I thought about reading Marlo's Side Steal and M.Shifts. I got The Cardician instead, and recently got M.I.N.T.2 for a good discount.

Nice seeing you here.
~ Feras

Ahlan wa Sahlan ileykum, ya Feras.

'Indak ihtimam kabeer fe kul nashitaat mortabit ila al ghashash? Ya haram! Hehe... Nafsil shay lee!

Mumtaz... ow mumkin mumtastic, habibi. Moo mushkeela, y'anee.

Ismee Andrew, wa zurt fe zaman al mamlaka. Insh'allah sofa tadros card magic bitowfeek wa najah.

Ilal leka

Andrew (Ra'ees al mushkaljee-een)

Hala Andrew. Saw your PM before this reply, replied back.

Bet you miss the mamlaka eh?

:D

~ Feras

Hi Feras,

I very much enjoyed visiting the Mamlaka. The last time I was there I went to the camel souq outside of Riyadh - it was mumtastic.

I'll chat with you via PMs.

Best
ASW

Hi Feras,
I enjoyed reading your resume. I can say that you are on the right way. Keep on it.
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