CAIRO, Egypt -- 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 ...

CAIRO — When undercover police officers in Egypt swooped on an upscale nightclub on the Nile last spring and arrested a Russian belly dancer, the focus of their investigation was her costume — and ...

Egypt's top religious body has demanded that a new belly-dancing television show be suspended for "corrupting morals" and serving "extremists" who could use it as a pretext to depict Egyptian society ...

(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 — In between chasing down bandleaders on the telephone and sending messengers to nightclubs, Fatooh Orabi complained about a problem he considers of great national importance. “We can’t ...

BE STILL. Egyptian belly dancing is rooted in Pharaonic times. Engravings on ancient tomb walls show women performing the art. Many scholars contend its name comes not from movements of the dancer’s ...

Professional belly dancer, Acia Legras, won the title in the Egyptian Category at the Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition held in the United States last month. Ms. Professional belly dancer, Acia ...

IN 1948, Tahiya Carioca, an Egyptian belly dancer turned actress, used her public voice to rally support for the Palestinian cause. She called on fellow artists to take a stand and speak out for ...