Despite getting a teaching degree to appease her mother, Sherry Brier never saw herself as being a teacher. But when the Tiburon resident stumbled upon a belly dance troupe performing at a summer fair ...

PORT ANGELES — This spring, Jovi Deede is immersed in two vocations that have surprised, even baffled, her family. Bellydancing and truck-driving. About both, “They ask me, ‘Where did that come from?’ ...

“Maybe it was Jeannie’s outfit on 'I Dream of Jeannie' back then, but I really can’t explain what I liked about it,” Bell said about the popular TV sitcom starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old ...

Nestled in the heart of historic downtown Perry, a small dance studio has been a gathering spot for women of all shapes, sizes and ages to learn the art of belly dancing for the past 14 years. The ...

In a bejeweled and revealing costume that plenty of younger women might even shy away from, Virginia Werner, 65, carved a place for herself into the elite group of women who can call themselves Ms.

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 ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Editor’s note: A trio of Quad-City Times writers took on my belly dance challenge: get a ...

This piece was originally published on Raseef22, an independent Arabic media platform, on August 13, 2021, and an edited version is being republished under a content-sharing agreement. The Kuwaiti ...