Though historians today cast doubt upon the purported criminality of Mata Hari, she was nonetheless executed in France for being a double agent during the First World War. In their world-première ...

We are already counting down to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. We do that by looking back to recent editions of Europe's favorite TV show. This time we go to 2006, when the contest was held ...

She refused a blindfold and by some accounts even smiled at her executioners. Margaretha Zelle, a.k.a. “Mata Hari,” an exotic dancer and convicted spy, met her end at age 41 at the hands of a firing ...

The popular group Hari Mata Hari from Bosnia & Herzegovina is currently touring Australia and promoting their latest album. In an interview with SBS Serbian they talked about their album Cilim and a ...

Mata Hari is a name that conjures images of mystery, seduction, and intrigue, emblematic of the complex roles she played as a dancer, courtesan, and alleged spy during World War I. Born Margaretha ...

Dancer Mata Hari (1876-1917) is portrayed as a seductive double agent and an archetype of femme fatale in many movies and series. Although the true story behind this Netherlands-born dancer ― who was ...