In the 1960s and ’70s, Los Angeles had a thriving Middle Eastern-themed club scene. Venues like the Fez, Haji Baba’s, and the Seventh Veil (now a strip club) boasted live bands, elaborate decor, and a ...

How do comic books and belly dancing relate? “I’m a comic book artist and a belly dancer,” Pepper Alexandria said. “They relate through me.” Alexandria, who lives in Berkeley, and her friend Latifa, ...

For Ansuya Rathor, there was no questioning whether belly dancing would be a part of her life. Her mother, Jenaeni Rathor, was a blonde, blue-eyed belly dancer in the 1960s and '70s — an anomaly that ...

In the 1960s, Tiffany Madera’s parents fled Cuba during the revolution. Like many other refugees, they landed in Miami and started a family. Madera and her bother were born here and grew up in Coconut ...

Ever considered belly dancing to ease pregnancy? Middle Easten women have been belly dancing during pregnancy and labor for years. In fact, that's how belly dance started said Emily McKeon,34, who ...

Remember when libraries were exclusively for quiet reading and study? Those days are long gone. Go into the Weston Library on a Saturday morning these days and you’re likely to hear the strains of ...

“This is a chance for women to come together … where we can accept all of our body issues and kind of get with our truth.”— Margaret Cho Belly dance is one of the oldest known forms of dance, believed ...

Dozens of families trekked from one tiny stage to the next on Saturday, July 12, eager to see each one of the Ten Tiny Dances in downtown Beaverton. The diverse lineup included break dancing, Mexican ...