While Arab politicians might avoid visiting Israel at any cost given its hostile status and disputes over the still unresolved occupation of Palestinian land; Arab belly-dancers are reportedly having ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that ...

While some prominent Arab and Turkish belly dancers plan to take part in upcoming festival in Eilat, others condemn idea as treasonous given Israel's ongoing abuse, dispossession of Palestinian people ...

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 ...

As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual ...

IN her white lab coat and glasses, Yasmin Bushby looks every inch your stereotypical scientist. The 30-year-old geologist is working to combat climate change as she researches carbon capture and ...

What makes Alexandre Paulikevitch unique? He's one of a very small handful of male baladi dancers in the Middle East. Baladi is an urban style of music with roots in Egyptian folk music dating back to ...