Middle Easterners aren’t too pleased with our culture lately. Some don’t take too kindly to our McDonald’s-fueled consumerism, love of globalization, or national symbol: Britney Spears. They hated her ...

In a fitness studio in Saudi Arabia, dozens of women sway to Arabic music as they practise belly dancing -- an activity that many feel compelled to keep secret.

Google the term “belly dance” and the first images the search engine offers are of white women in flowing, diaphanous skirts, playing at brownness. How did this become acceptable? The term “belly ...