Belly dancer Safinaz charged for insulting the country by performing in a dress printed with the colours of the Egyptian flag.

Cairo: Well-known Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan has raised eyebrows in his home country after he appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a US music festival.

However now belly dancing costumes in Turkey and Egypt are more revealing and high heeled shoes are essential for Turkish dancers as opposed to dancing barefoot as per the Egyptian school.

Egypt-based Armenian belly dancer Sofinar (popularly known as Safinaz) was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for "insulting the Egyptian flag" by wearing its colours as a dancing costume ...

Egypt-based Armenian dancer Sofinar (popularly known as Safinaz) was referred on Tuesday to the misdemeanor court on charges of "insulting the Egyptian flag." A businesswoman and hotel owner in ...

CAIRO — Sequins sparkled and beads jangled in a Cairo ballroom as students at a belly dance workshop imitated the teacher’s undulations. “Step, twist, sit, shimmy, up!” came… ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular belly dancer to six months in prison on Monday for “insulting the Egyptian flag”. Sofinar Gourian, better known as Safinaz, wore a dancing costume ...

In Egypt, ballet and belly dance represent two distinct yet culturally significant forms of expression, each with its own ...

Egyptian entrepreneur and belly dancer Nada El Masriya. Photo by Dave Abreu. Nada El Masriya grew up in Cairo where music and dance played a big part in her everyday life. A vital part of Egyptian ...