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 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 ...

Traditional belly dancing arose in Egypt in the early 20th century with the rise of evening cabarets and has been declining a century later owing to the lack of suitable public venues It is a late ...

Egypt has been hosting its biggest ever international festival of belly dancing, with the final night being held on Thursday. Deborah Koric, from the United States, is one of hundreds of women who ...

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 ...