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 ...

SEQUIM — Laura Samperi-Ferdig has been studying belly dance since she was 8 and teaching since she was 16. “Belly dance is one of the oldest known art forms,” she said. “Its true name is Raks Sharki ...

Mesbaah was performing at the opening of the Old-Time Moon Cafe, a gig that -- along with weddings, birthdays, night clubs and circumcisions -- is typical for belly dancers. Untypical, at least in ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when Egyptologists took a closer look, they were able to piece together how the art form ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

Singers like Britney Spears, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez have made midriff-baring gyrations all the rage, but the root of that kind of dancing has been around for thousands of years in belly dancing.

This weekend, dancers and spectators can celebrate the ancient yet evolving art of belly dance with workshops and a gala performance at the Alberta Bair Theater. The 10th Annual Yellowstone Valley ...

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 ...