Samia Gamal’s real name was Zeinab Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz. She was born in Wana, Beni Suef governorate in Upper Egypt in 1924, at the time when the belly dancing stars were Bamba Kashar and ...

Stomachs undulating with the beat of Persian drums, about 20 women in coin-lined scarves and baggy harem pants belly-danced in a mirror-lined dance studio at the Jewish Community Center. Bellybutto… ...

Belly dancing is an ancient art form. Patti Beaman, the owner of World in Motion, says belly dancing is at least 6,000 years old, and many practitioners say it allows them to make a connection to ...