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Egyptian-Italian belly dancer arrested in Cairo

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 7 - An Egyptian naturalised Italian belly dancer has been arrested in Cairo on charges of offending public morals amid a clampdown on the traditional sensual dance that has seen ...
WRAL

Foreign Belly Dancers? Egyptians Shake Their Heads (and Hips)

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 ...
Al-Monitor

'In our blood': Egyptian women reclaim belly dance from stigma

Some young Egyptians are trying to reclaim belly dancing as part of their country's artistic heritage, pushing back against decades of stigma — Khaled DESOUKI As belly dancing gains popularity ...
Digital Journal

Foreigners shake up Egypt’s belly dancing scene

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 top. She swirled her diaphanous pink shawl and ...