A group of belly dancers show why the Egyptian art-form is becoming a more popular way to stay in shape. Sarah Rickerby has been teaching the exotic style of dance for over 20 years, and says her ...

Persian love poems sung in Urdu by an Indian musician who grew up in England. Ways to make African peanut soup. Directions for sending sequins and velcro to the Soviet Union. True Darbuka rhythms. All ...

SOMERSET, NJ — Students are back to school, the leaves are beginning to turn, and belly dancers are making their annual pilgrimage to the Rakkasah East festival. The 10th annual festival finds ...

The soft jingles of jewelry played a gentle sonata as two belly dancers walked across a wooden floor. Purple skirts gently swept the wood, while sheer black shawls draped their shoulders, giving just ...