In one of the buildings in Qasr El-Nil street, where the walls are defaced by many company and store signs with glaring colours and neon lights, a brass name-plate states, in genuine Arabic ...

Akef's great-aunt was a star who "acted, danced and created iconic film tableaux". But Safy instead has chosen to train others, including in Japan, where she spent three years teaching Egyptian folk ...

Egypt's city of Ismailia hosts the 25th edition of the Ismaïlia International Festival for Folk Arts, with performances across multiple venues throughout the governorate. The festival runs from 24 to ...

ISLAMABAD, July 25 The brilliant performance by a 13-member Egyptian folk dance troupe at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) ended about ten years of cultural isolation between the two ...

India, Feb. 13 -- Can two old souls connect without words? At the 39th Surajkund Crafts Mela, the Ismailia Folk Arts Ensemble took the stage and sparked a live bridge from Nile banks to Ganges waters.

As belly dancing gains popularity internationally, young Egyptian performers are working to restore its reputation at home, pushing back against decades of stigma to reclaim the dance as part of their ...