Amid the drumbeats and celebratory chants of a zaffa, which means a procession or march in Arabic, a couple’s journey into ...
According to The Met, this marble dwarf-dancer, who may have held an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long Egyptian tradition in which dwarves were integrated in society and had ...
“Raks Sharki is more of the Egyptian style of belly dance, but there are other styles ... “It’s a beautiful art form,” said Johnson, explaining that firmly entrenched misconceptions around belly ...