As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of ...

High-profile Egyptian belly-dancer Sama el-Masry was sentenced to three years in prison Saturday after prosecutors said she posted sexually suggestive videos to TikTok.

CAIRO — When undercover police officers in Egypt swooped on an upscale nightclub on the Nile last spring and arrested a Russian belly dancer, the focus of their investigation was her costume ...

Professional belly dancer, Acia Legras, won the title in the Egyptian Category at the Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition held in the United States last month. Ms.

Belly dancers became ubiquitious in movies, but few left a worthy legacy. Among the few, of course, was Samia Gamal, who once was labelled "Egypt’s Official Belly Dancer".

A belly dancer was detained in Egypt for "using seductive techniques" in her dance videos posted to Instagram. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, an Egypt-born and naturalised Italian, was arrested at ...

Abir Sabri, celebrated for her alabaster skin, ebony hair, pouting lips and full figure, used to star in racy Egyptian TV shows and movies. Then, at the peak of her career a few years ago, she ...

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of ...

An Italian belly dancer has been arrested and detained in Egypt for “using seductive techniques”. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag is a naturalised Italian, but was born in Egypt and holds Egyptian ...