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 ...

A famed belly dancer with legions of followers on social media finds herself behind bars in Egypt, accused of "violating public morals" for plying her craft. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, who dances ...

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 ...

CAIRO—The Nile Group Festival of performances and workshops kicked off in Cairo, Egypt, the night of Nov. 16 amid the glitter, giggles, and wild applause from over 500 predominantly female audience ...

Chinese belly dance students (front) watch an Egyptian teacher perform at a belly dance school in Cairo on Dec. 12, 2012. — PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images The walls of the Pharaonic temples are ...

Several belly dancers in Egypt are leading a campaign to preserve their traditional dance from whom they describe as intruders that have sexualized the dance performance. A Chinese dancer warms up ...

Thanks to a heroic performance from the oldest player at the tournament, Egypt squeaked through to the final of the African Nations Cup in midweek, courtesy of a shootout victory over Burkina Faso in ...

A Mexican dancer performs during a Cairo festival -- foreign belly dancers have dominated the Egyptian scene in recent years AFP / PATRICK BAZ At a Cairo wedding hall, Russian belly dancer Anastasia ...