The most heartening article on belly dancing I read this week appeared in an obscure book of collected essays titled Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice. While abroad in Morocco, the ...

The world's most respected oriental dance researcher Carolina Varga Dinicu saw the Chinese version of her great tome You Asked Aunt Rocky: Answers & Advice About Raqs Sharqi & Raqs Shaabi published in ...

Performer, teacher, and choreographer Nancy Redig’s journey with folk dancing began in a rather unexpected place: Busch Gardens. Seated in a grand theater, she watched a show unfold, brimming with ...

When we come to mention belly dancing in Egypt, images of Nagwa Fuad, Lucy, Fifi Abdo, Dina, and Safwa come to the mind. Over the past years and in their quest to enhance belly dancing in the world ...

Google the term “belly dance” and the first images the search engine offers are of white women in flowing, diaphanous skirts, playing at brownness. How did this become acceptable? The term “belly ...

Traditional belly dancing comes into the spotlight with rise in Islamism To the West, it is the belly dance. To Middle Easterners, it is raqs sharqi or the oriental dance. Whatever the name, the dance ...

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Belly dancing originated in Greece and came to Egypt when Alexander the Great (356-323BC) built the coastal city of Alexandria, according to some researchers. Others trace its origins to northwestern ...

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Prince William and Kate Middleton have released their 2025 family Christmas card, offering a rare glimpse of their growing children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The warm ...