Belly dancer Safinaz charged for insulting the country by performing in a dress printed with the colours of the Egyptian flag.

Eman Zaki, left, during a fitting for American belly dancer Alison Trow in her Cairo workshop. Trow was traveling from her New England home to Egypt for the first time.

Egypt-based Armenian dancer Sofinar (popularly known as Safinaz) was referred on Tuesday to the misdemeanor court on charges of "insulting the Egyptian flag." A businesswoman and hotel owner in ...

Popular dancer called in by prosecutors for allegedly defaming Egypt with a red, white and black costume she wore to a party in Ain Sokhna last week The well-known Armenian belly dancer Safinaz ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular Armenian belly dancer to six months in prison for "insulting the Egyptian flag" after she allegedly wore a tight dress in its red, white and black colour ...

Andreeva defended her dress, saying it was “identical to the costume my counterparts wear in Egypt.” In a televised interview broadcast on the Dream channel, Saleh affirmed that the 31-year-old dancer ...

A Cairo-based celebrity belly dancer was referred to the misdemeanor court Tuesday for defaming Egypt with a red, white and black costume, depicting the colors of the country’s flag, Egyptian ...

One of Egypt's top belly dancers was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday after she “insulted the Egyptian state” by wearing a dress designed as the Egyptian flag during a performance ...

Even the term "dancer"- raqqasa - is loaded with negative connotations; the word by itself is understood to mean "belly dancer" in Arabic, and thus conjures up her taboo image. For instance, calling ...

Cairo: Well-known Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan has raised eyebrows in his home country after he appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a US music festival.

A Russian belly dancer has been arrested in Egypt for 'immoral' dancing after she allegedly performed wearing no knickers. Russian Ekaterina Andreeva, 31, was told her outfit was too provocative ...

A belly dancer in Egypt has been sentenced to one year in prison for "inciting debauchery" with a vulgar music video that went viral on YouTube. Salma El-Fouly who starred in the three-minute ...