Belly dance legend Katie

Katie كيتي

1927 - Unknown

There is not many information about Katie ;Katie is Greek her real name is Katriny Fotsakishe worked in nearly 10 films the most famous one is afreta hanem with Ismail Yassin

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Belly dance by video clip by katy in the old Egyptian movies

ebn zawat 1953 with the voice of Mohamed kandeel

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Belly dance legend Zeinat Olwi

Zeinat Olwi زينات علوى

1930 - 1988

was one of the legends of belly dance in Egypt in the middle of the twentieth century. She appeared in many movies from the bEgyptian golden age of cinema.

Ayam we layali ( Days and nights )

Elzoga el talatashar ( wife number 13 )

and many other great movies

you can see here belly dance video clip

Zeinat Olwi died very very poor and she was lonely in her last days

god bless her

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Belly dance legend Naima Akef

NAIMA AKEF نعيمة عاكف
1929 - 1966

Naima Akef was born in Tanta . Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus (run by Naima’s grandfather), which was one of the best known circuses at the time. She started performing in the circus at the age of four, and quickly became one of the most popular acts with her acrobatic skills. Her family was based in the Bab el Khalq district of Cairo, but they traveled far and wide in order to perform;
The circus disbanded when Naima was 14, but this was only the beginning of her career. Her grandfather had many connections in the performance world of Cairo and he introduced her to his friends. When Naima’s parents divorced, she formed an acrobatic and clown act that performed in many clubs throughout Cairo. She then got the chance to work in Badeia Masabny's famous nightclub, where she became a star and was one of the very few who danced and sang. Her time with Badeia, however, was short-lived, as Badeia favored her, which made the other performers jealous. One day they ganged up on her and attempted to beat her up, but she proved to be stronger and more agile and won the fight. This caused her to be fired, so she started performing elsewhere;
The Kit Kat club was another famous venue in Cairo, and this is where Naima was introduced to film director Abbas Kemal. His brother Hussein Fawzy, also a film director, was very interested in having Naima star in one of his musical films. The first of such films was “Al-Eïch wal malh” (bread and salt). Her costar was singer Saad Abdel Wahab, the nephew of the legendary singer and composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. The film premiered on the 17th of January 1949, and was an instant success, bringing recognition also to Nahhas Film studios.
she was nominated as best dancer of the world in a folklore contest at the Youth Festival in Moscow 1957. Naima's name is still on the wall of the Bolshoi under her picture;
she retired in the age of 35 and she died at the age of 37 from cancer

You can check all her belly dance video clips
So simple as if the music is coming from her ,dancing on Aziza

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