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 ...

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAIRO (Reuters) - A top Egyptian court has upheld a decision to expel an academic from her university job after she published a ...

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 ...

I never thought my hips would become storytellers. In a quiet studio in Bangsar, with the faint scent of oud incense in the ...

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 ...

You may call Tahia Karioka whatever you like — describe her any way you can. You can consider her controversial, daring, and maybe too confrontational. However, you can’t deny one truth, which is that ...

In the cold winter months following the holidays, what better time is there to try something new? That was Iman Moussa’s train of thought last year, and she knew just what to do. As the owner of the ...

CAIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A top Egyptian court has upheld a decision to expel an academic from her university job after she published a video of herself belly dancing, according to court ruling seen ...