Mesbaah was performing at the opening of the Old-Time Moon Cafe, a gig that -- along with weddings, birthdays, night clubs and circumcisions -- is typical for belly dancers. Untypical, at least in ...

Get those hips swinging, because Saturday, May 10, marks this year’s World Belly Dance Day. The website Days of the Year attributes World Belly Dance Day to the World Belly Dance Alliance, but other ...

Although belly dancing has its roots in early Egyptian history, there's still a certain stigma attached to it. "A lot of people think we're like strippers or something," said Debbie Poldoski, director ...

:If you’re not sold on the idea of male belly dancers, that’s OK. But if you’re not charmed out of your senses by the belly-dance duo Desert Sin, you must be lacking a pulse. And for those who are ...

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 — and ...

Princess Farhana wears a tiara in her driver's license photo. Though she may not be a true blue-blood, Farhana is a self-proclaimed diva who relishes the "royal" title. The Hollywood belly-dance star, ...

Middle Eastern pop music is thumping at Sahara Hookah Lounge, a cavernous BYOB club in Sharonville. Dancers in bejeweled bra tops and voluminous sheer skirts writhe and wriggle, expertly manipulating ...