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 ...

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 ...

The biggest struggle for belly dancers today is a lack of work -- especially in Egypt, where the dance form originated. Fewer tourists are visiting the region, which means hotel and cruise-boat ...

Linda Martino found with ‘substantial’ money as Italian embassy seeks release of dancer who describes herself as ‘more than ...

I am a belly dancing drop-out. When my teacher showed us how to do "snake arms" and tried to make our hands as graceful as Hindu deities, my fingers curled into fists from years of Tae Kwon Do and ...

On the dance floor at Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, Meesha Tayoun, dancer for Joseph Tayoun and his Mid-East Ensemble, performs belly dancing during the World Stage concert on Tuesday ...

Belly dance, also known as raqs sharqi in Arabic, is a centuries-old dance form with roots in the Middle East, North Africa, and Mediterranean regions. It is often characterised by intricate hip ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Middle Eastern Dance Artists of Hawaii (MEDAH) invites the public to celebrate World Belly Dance Day at a Benefit Hafla, an Arabic term for party or gathering, today ...

The Belly Motions teaching method, pioneered and developed by it’s founder Portia, fuses fitness principles, guidelines and group exercise protocol with authentic Middle Eastern dance movement ...

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 by Reuters on Tuesday.

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 ...