At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing — an activity that ...

The one place I said I would never visit was Dubai. Its reputation as a playground for the rich and famous (and social media ...

Former Tourism Minister makes history as first Arab head of UNESCO Dubai: Khaled El Anany, Egypt’s former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, has been elected Director-General of the United Nations ...

Egypt’s president on Monday pardoned a British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist who rose to prominence during the country’s 2011 revolution and has spent more than a decade in prison. Alaa Abdel-Fattah ...

Who is Sohila Tarek Hassan? Belly dancer arrested in this Muslim nation for seductive video, country is... Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, known as Linda Martino on Instagram, would have never imagined in ...

Egyptian authorities arrested belly dancer Linda Martino at Cairo airport on June 22, accusing her of “corrupting public morals” with provocative dance videos. An Egyptian belly dancer has reportedly ...

While belly dancing has its roots in the Middle East, an Italian woman was accused of offending public morals and arrested by Egyptian authorities last month. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, who belly ...

An Italian belly dancer of Egyptian descent was arrested in her native country for “using seductive techniques,” according to media reports. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, a naturalized Italian citizen ...