James Brantley is an Air Force computer specialist by day. After hours, he is “Shadid,” male belly dancer. Brantley, a former Marine Corps sergeant from nearby Ft. Worth, took up the traditionally ...

The stereotypes around belly-dancing are hard to shake. And that's perhaps not surprising, what with those bare gyrating midriffs and the old stereotypes of harem women shimmying for sheikhs. But at ...

LAURA: Raks Sharki (the Arabic word for belly dance) is a dance made for women to do with women. Men weren't allowed to see much of it. Women did it to show off parts of their bodies that they liked — ...

CAIRO -- Farid Mesbaah, male belly dancer, hopped on a car in Cairo’s Shobra district and strutted his stuff. He clanged metal castanets, magically converted his hips into pistons and twirled his head ...

If you're thinking that belly dancing is too hoochie-coochie, you're not thinking about the kind of belly dancing Carolyn Weinand teaches. Weinand's belly dancing is based on Egyptian-style belly ...

Sisters Greera Norse, 35, of Hoddlesden, and Roshni Clarke, 33, of Ewood, Blackburn, set up their own dance group two years ago. They became hooked on the Arabic style of dancing after seeing it on TV ...

From battling her family’s disapproval to travelling the world to learn the ancient dance form, Dubai-based belly dancer and teacher Vaina says correct posture is what makes the dance look sensual and ...