LONDON -- The music being played was a famous song by the late Egyptian diva Umm Kalthoum. The dancing costumes were mostly imported from the Middle East, with hip scarves embellished with gold-plated ...

CAIRO — In a shop that looks and feels like the inside of a vaudeville trunk, Ahmed Diaa Eddin sits amid beads and sequins bargaining hard with a woman from Saudi Arabia over satin and chiffon. “200.” ...

From the outside, Zein Al-Jundi’s store looks like many other Central Austin shops of a certain vintage. It’s tucked into a nondescript shopping strip at the corner of Duval and 51st streets. But ...

The Tamarind Belly Dance group performed at Copper Falls State Park on Saturday, Aug. 16 under the park’s new pavilion. Group leader “Super Beth” answered the audience’s questions about the origins of ...