The soft jingles of jewelry played a gentle sonata as two belly dancers walked across a wooden floor. Purple skirts gently swept the wood, while sheer black shawls draped their shoulders, giving just ...

At a Cairo wedding hall, Russian belly dancer Anastasia Biserova shimmied to the dance floor in a bright, high-slit skirt and an elaborately sequined bra. She swirled her diaphanous pink shawl and ...

Traditional belly dancing arose in Egypt in the early 20th century with the rise of evening cabarets and has been declining a century later owing to the lack of suitable public venues It is a late ...