CHICO — A captivating world of music, color and movement filled the Chico Women’s Club last Friday night as hip-swaying, bare-bellied divas from all over the north state came together in devotion to ...

Amira Dabbas of Rohnert Park constantly asks her father, an immigrant from Jordan, when they will go to another Bay Area Arabic gathering. Dark eyes sparkling, the 9-year-old smiles as she explains ...

Hips will shake, skirts will sway, coin bras will clink. Hair will be decorated with flowers or covered by turbans, and the beat of folkloric Middle Eastern music or Arabic fusion tunes will ...

Of all the New Times writers in the blogosphere, I, Alex Rendon, was the one chosen to bear the distinction of covering the fifth-annual Gaia-worshiping, belly-dancing workshopping, dance fusion fete ...