Egypt’s New Wave Redefines the Country’s Cinematic Identity at Cairo Film Festival

At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim ...
Malay Mail

Behind closed doors, Saudi women embrace belly dancing despite taboos

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing — an activity that ...
Al-Monitor

Saudi belly dancers break taboos behind closed doors

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that ...
Laguna Beach Independent

PET PEEVES: Wallflower Envy

A big hearty congratulations to Jheri St. James retirement, after 42 years of teaching belly dancing in Laguna Beach. I feel ...
Roscommon Herald

Northern Ireland, Egypt and Palestine unite in dance exchange

Choreographers and performers from Belfast, the Egyptian capital Cairo, and Ramallah in Palestine have come together for an international dance exchange. The Our Voice Together Now initiative has seen ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Belly dance drummer was promised a refund for an empty gift card. Where is his $300?

Bill Noren is a musician and composer. He sat down at his computer to order a new doumbek — a goblet-shaped drum — that he’d use to keep the beat with his Middle Eastern belly dance drum group. Noren ...