Two Egyptian belly dancers were sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for inciting debauchery in raunchy videos, according to reports. In this picture, belly dancers perform at a dance festival ...

The director and the videographer also received similar sentences for making the controversial music video, Let Go of My Hand, that went viral last month A Giza misdemeanour court sentenced an ...

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 ...

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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 video ...

Egyptian performers Bardis and 'the Egyptian Shakira' have triggered an outcry over steamy videos Cairo: Egyptian prosecutors Wednesday ordered two belly dancers jailed for four days pending further ...

A widely-known private Egyptian TV channel, which showcases 24-hour rolling clips of belly-dancing, has been accused of airing ads that “arouse viewers,” and broadcasting illegally. An Egyptian court ...

As a trickle of tourists slowly returns to Egypt, the floating nightclubs along the Nile are back in business. And belly dancers are once again in high demand. The glitzy late-night shows attract ...