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Belly dance legend Samia Gamal

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Samia Gamal سامية جمال

1924 - 1994
Samia Gamal real name is Zaynab Ibrahim Mahfuz; Samia's family moved to Cairo and settled near the Khan El-Khalili bazaar and after many years she found badia masabni whom give her the name of Samia Gamal and offered her to join the dance company
Samia Gamal was the first belly dancer who used high heeled shoes on stage
In 1949, Egypt's King Farouk proclaimed Samia Gamal "The National Dancer of Egypt"In 1950, Samia Gamal came to the US and was photographed by G. John Mili. She also performed in The Latin Quarter, New York's trendy nightclub. She later married so-called "Texas millionaire" Shepherd King but it didn't last long
Samia Gamal married Roshdy Abaza, one of the most famous Egyptian actors with whom Samia starred in a number of movies as well;Samia Gamal died on December 1, 1994, 70 years of age in Cairo, Egypt.
 forever she will be in minds of the art of belly dancer history
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belly dance samia gamal in the movie khad elgameel with the voice of abd el aziz mahmoud the song name is ala kol raks gameel
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