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 around ...

Princess Farhana wears a tiara in her driver's license photo. Though she may not be a true blue-blood, Farhana is a self-proclaimed diva who relishes the "royal" title. The Hollywood belly-dance star, ...

Somewhere between the sway of the hips and the pulse of the music, belly dance becomes more than movement — it turns into a ...