When I turned 17, I wanted just one thing for my birthday: belly-dancing classes. The dance's beauty, grace and creative costumes, along with its strong connection to Arabic music, made it a natural ...

Jheri St. James’ start in belly dancing 26 years ago was inauspicious. “I got mad at my boyfriend, and I thought I would do something wild,” she said, smiling. She began taking a class at OCC in 1981; ...

LIHUE — The 8th annual “Raqs Tiki” Kauai Belly Dance Intensive event is ready to open its cultural doors with workshops on Wednesday and continuing through March 30 at the Princeville Community Center ...

Egypt’s prominent belly dancer Fifi Abdou has asked the Egyptian Taxation Authority (ETA) to reduce a LE15.5 million ($2.5 million) tax bill levied against her claiming that the government should not ...