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Raqs sharqi was developed by Taheyya Kariokka, Samia Gamal, Naima Akef, Zeinat Olwi, and other dancers who rose to fame during the golden years of the Egyptian film industry. This has come to be considered the classical style of dance in Egypt by the 1950s. These dancers were famous not only for their role in Egyptian films, but also for their ...
Egyptian belly dancer Shafiqa El qibtia (1851–1926) wearing the dancing suit. The costume most commonly associated with belly dance is the 'bedlah' (Arabic: بدلة; literally "suit") style, which typically includes a fitted top or bra, a fitted hip belt, and a full-length skirt or harem pants. The bra and belt may be richly decorated with ...
Yaghūth. Yatha. v. t. e. Arab folk dances (Arabic: رقص عربي, romanized:raqs ʿarabiyy), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional folk dances of the Arabs in Arab world. Arab dance has many different styles, including the three main types of folklore, classical, and contemporary.
Khaleegy' or Khaliji (from Arabic خليج) is a mixture of modern style and traditional folkloric dance from the Persian Gulf countries of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The name of the dance literally means "gulf" in Arabic and it is performed by women at weddings and other social events.
Baladi (Arabic: بلدي baladī; relative -adjective 'of town', 'local', 'rural', comparable to English folk, with a lower-class connotation) can refer to an Egyptian musical style, the folk style of Egyptian bellydance (Raqs Baladi), or the Masmoudi Sogheir rhythm, which is frequently used in baladi music. It is also sometimes spelled in ...
Children. 1. Naima Akef (Arabic: نعيمة عاكف, pronounced [næˈʕiːmæ ˈʕæːkef]; 7 October 1929 – 23 April 1966) was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinema 's golden age and starred in many films of the time. [1] Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta. [2] Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus (run ...
Dabke (Arabic: دبكة also spelled dabka, dabki, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) [1] is a Levantine folk dance, [2][3] particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities. [4] Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions.
Badia Masabni (Arabic: بديعة مصابني, born Wadiha Masabni (Arabic: وديعة مصابني; 1 February 1892 – 23 July 1974) was a belly dancer, singer, actress, night club owner and businesswoman considered as the developer of modern belly dancing, [1] [2] by bringing the Western and Hollywood-esque vibe into it, after living for several years in the Americas since the age of seven.