LONDON -- The music being played was a famous song by the late Egyptian diva Umm Kalthoum. The dancing costumes were mostly imported from the Middle East, with hip scarves embellished with gold-plated ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Glitzy hip scarves jingle and jangle with each shimmy and shake. Dancers young and old move in sync with swaying hips and confident smiles. It’s a typical evening at Crystal Bindi ...

Rahim el-Habache is changing into his belly-dancing outfit inside a cleaning cupboard at the St Mellons Community Hub in Cardiff. His makeup, coin-covered hip scarf and Moroccan leather slippers are ...