ISTANBUL, July 31 (Reuters Life!) - At Istanbul's Club Fox on the Sea of Marmara coast the belly dancer's hips gyrate and tassels swirl to the music but the stomach is a little hairier than usual -- ...

Male belly dancers, or “zennes,” were a mainstay of Turkish culture during the Ottoman Empire. Though Turkey today has been guided by its socially conservative Islamic government and culture, Istambul ...

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Male belly dancers, known as zennes, have wiggled into popularity in Istanbul over the past few years. Photo: Mathias Depardon for The Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—In the dimly lighted and ...

Though she's an expert at strutting her stuff on VIP room dance floors, there was an impromptu bootie-shaking experience with a difference in store for Paris Hilton this week in Turkey. In Istanbul to ...

Some Indian news accounts on Instagram falsely linked the viral video to Dubai The popular clip claiming a Dubai luxury salon offers belly dance performances to VIP clients was traced back to a ...

Karen Bradford has danced in some form or another. Since age 16, Karen Bradford has danced in some form or another. But it wasn’t until college that she discovered belly dancing. After studying with a ...