An Egyptian judge has ruled that two of the country's top belly dancers went too far in their sexy, sinuous routine - all the way to jail.
The court Tuesday sentenced each to three months in prison for "depraved movements," the mass-circulation al-Akhbar newspaper reported Wednesday.The two and their pulsating, sensous art are so well-known that the case was almost equivalent to the downfall of a disgraced sports superstar in some countries.
Vice squad officers told the court that Fifi Abdou and Hindiyya "engaged in acts and gestures devoid of manners and in depraved movements" while dancing in a nightclub at a big Cairo hotel. The manager also was jailed and the club closed for a month.