As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their ...

A famed belly dancer with legions of followers on social media finds herself behind bars in Egypt, accused of "violating public morals" for plying her craft. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, who dances ...

When I turned 17, I wanted just one thing for my birthday: belly-dancing classes. The dance's beauty, grace and creative costumes, along with its strong connection to Arabic music, made it a natural ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 7 - An Egyptian naturalised Italian belly dancer has been arrested in Cairo on charges of offending public morals amid a clampdown on the traditional sensual dance that has seen ...

CAIRO -- Egypt's foreign belly dancers have been given their marching orders. The government says it wants to protect homegrown practitioners of the seductive Middle Eastern dance form and is no ...

Led by the accomplished Naima, a longtime member of Habeeba’s Dance Ensemble, these sessions are perfect for participants of all skill levels ...

Farid Mesbaah, male belly dancer, hopped on a car in Cairo's Shobra district and strutted his stuff. He clanged metal castanets, magically converted his hips into pistons and twirled his head around ...

When former East Texas congressman Charlie Wilson approached Carol Shannon about performing a belly dance for Field Marshal Mohammed Abu Ghazala, the defense minister of Egypt, she had no idea of the ...

The high-profile Egyptian belly dancer Sama El-Masry has been sentenced to three years in prison over claims of "inciting debauchery and immorality" on social media, the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram ...

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their ...