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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. Despite their enthusiasm, none of them ...

A 1945 meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz Al Saud might be regarded as something of interest only to modern-history buffs. But this week, images of that pivotal ...

A cleric in Saudi Arabia thinks religious fundamentalists have finally gone far enough. He's an adviser to the Ministry of Justice and a video on the Internet showed him dancing at a wedding. That ...

CAIRO — The concert seemed like it would be another adventurous step for ultraconservative Saudi Arabia: a pop star famous for lively love songs performing in a kingdom where, until recently, public ...

In Saudi Arabia, dancing to the Macarena in a crosswalk can apparently land you in police custody. Authorities in the kingdom questioned a teenage boy after he was seen dancing to the 1990s song in a ...