In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

Kristina, a belly dancer from Kazakhstan, was in the middle of her act at Birch nightclub in Goa when everything around her suddenly changed. One moment she was performing, the next the fire alarm ...

AR Rahman’s peppy track brings glamour, energy and a twist to the fantasy world of Genie Composed by AR Rahman, Abdi Abdi is written by Mashoq Rahman and sung by Mayssa Karaa and Deepthi Suresh, with ...

Dance halls, honky-tonks, speakeasies, jazz clubs, ballrooms, rock 'n' roll clubs, discotheques, raves, nightclubs and EDM festivals have different names, but they all have continued to attract music ...

It’s playful. Effortlessly viral. Deliberately tacky. You’ve probably heard it before though you might not know what it is — or where it’s from. This is budots, a genre of dance music rooted in the ...

IN 1948, Tahiya Carioca, an Egyptian belly dancer turned actress, used her public voice to rally support for the Palestinian cause. She called on fellow artists to take a stand and speak out for ...

She is likely to remain in jail for at least two more weeks. A belly dancer was detained in Egypt for "using seductive techniques" in her dance videos posted to Instagram. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, ...

An Italian belly dancer of Egyptian descent was arrested in her native country for “using seductive techniques,” according to media reports. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, a naturalized Italian citizen ...

Egypt has increased its cruel crackdowns on artists and influences accused of offending public morals A BELLY dancer influencer has been arrested for “using seduction techniques” and “exposing ...

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 their ...

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 ...

An 84-year-old belly dancer, whose twisting tummy was once frowned upon during a British midriff crisis, has urged people of all ages to keep active as she reflects on her career. Tina Hobin, from ...