Dina fears the art of belly dancing is dying out

Ya Dina, ya Dina! Conservative Islam is big in Egypt. Very big. Bigger than Ahmad's "hoo haw" underneath his galabiya. So big, you might bleed to death by just looking at it.

It wasn't always this way. Egypt use to be one of the more liberal countries in the region and a testament to the heady days of Egyptian liberalism can be found in cinema before the 1980s.

One of the casualties of this new wave of conservatism is the art of "el ra's asshar'i" or belly dance. Check out the article from UAE's The National: Belly dancer fears her art is dying.

In less depressing news, Dina was featured on W magazine. I love the photo spreads!!!

Cairo by Philip-Lorca diCorcia.