Backlash as performer accused of misrepresenting Egypt at US music fest Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a recent US music festival.

Egyptian belly dancer Safinaz is charged for insulting the country's national flag by performing in a dress printed with the colours of the Egyptian flag. Twitter One of Egypt's top belly dancers was ...

Egypt-based Armenian dancer Sofinar (popularly known as Safinaz) was referred on Tuesday to the misdemeanor court on charges of "insulting the Egyptian flag." A businesswoman and hotel owner in ...

Oriental dancing did not emerge from an open culture that advocates getting comfortable with our bodies as per Latin American cultures where dancing is an integral part of living life to the fullest, ...

CAIRO — Sequins sparkled and beads jangled in a Cairo ballroom as students at a belly dance workshop imitated the teacher’s undulations. “Step, twist, sit, shimmy, up!” came the commands, and their ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular belly dancer to six months in prison on Monday for “insulting the Egyptian flag”. Sofinar Gourian, better known as Safinaz, wore a dancing costume with the ...

Popular dancer called in by prosecutors for allegedly defaming Egypt with a red, white and black costume she wore to a party in Ain Sokhna last week The well-known Armenian belly dancer Safinaz has ...

Egyptian entrepreneur and belly dancer Nada El Masriya. Photo by Dave Abreu. Nada El Masriya grew up in Cairo where music and dance played a big part in her everyday life. A vital part of Egyptian ...

Egypt has been hosting its biggest ever international festival of belly dancing, with the final night being held on Thursday. Deborah Koric, from the United States, is one of hundreds of women who ...

Cairo: Famed Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan has raised eyebrows in his home country after he appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a US music festival. Detractors deemed ...