Egyptian belly dancer Safinaz is charged for insulting the country's national flag by performing in a dress printed with the colours of the Egyptian flag. Twitter One of Egypt's top belly dancers was ...

Egypt-based Armenian belly dancer Sofinar (popularly known as Safinaz) was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for "insulting the Egyptian flag" by wearing its colours as a dancing costume.

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 ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced a popular belly dancer to six months in prison on Monday for “insulting the Egyptian flag”. Sofinar Gourian, better known as Safinaz, wore a dancing costume with the ...

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. Armenian ...

Oriental dancing did not emerge from an open culture that advocates getting comfortable with our bodies as per Latin American cultures where dancing is an integral part of living life to the fullest, ...

Introduction -- Egyptian arts and entertainment at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The rise of raqṣ sharqī -- Reconstructing the technique of early raqṣ sharqī -- Reconstructing ...