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 ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s top religious body demanded Wednesday that a new belly-dancing TV show be suspended for ‘corrupting morals’ and serving ‘extremists’ who could use it as a pretext to depict ...

A popular Egyptian belly dancer is getting political and shaking her hips in defiance of President Obama‘s engagement in her homeland. Sama El Masry struts her stuff in a music video and blasts the ...

At a Cairo wedding hall, Russian belly dancer Anastasia Biserova shimmied to the dance floor in a bright, high-slit skirt and an elaborately sequined bra top. She swirled her diaphanous pink shawl and ...

It's true of many things, including the art of belly dancing: Perception often does not match reality. The most common misconception portrays belly dancing as a suggestive act performed by women for ...