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Alexandre Paulikevitch (Arabic: الكسندر بوليكيفيتش; born February 20, 1982, in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese artist living in Beirut, Lebanon.He is one of very few male Arab belly dancers, and is known for his thought provoking work and the social issues he tackles through his art.
Amie Sultan (Arabic: إيمي سلطان, born on 27 December, ? in Singapore) [1] is an Egyptian dancer and actress. She is currently one of the country's best-known belly dancers. Elle Arabia described Amie Sultan as one of Egypt's highest-paid female entertainers. [2]
Belly dance has been in evidence in the UK since the early 1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a thriving Arabic club scene in London, with live Arabic music and belly dancing a regular feature, [53] but the last of these closed in the early 1990s. [54]
Among the best-known of the Arab traditional dances are the belly dance, the ardah, and the dabke. [8] Traditional dancing is still popular among expatriate Arabs and has also been successfully exported to international folk dance groups all over the world. All dancers wear the traditional costume to embody the history of their culture and tell ...
Shafiqa al-Qibtiyya was born in a Coptic family in Cairo in Egypt. [2] She was the student of the ghawazi dancer Shawq, despite her family's disapproval. [1] Shafiqa started taking lessons with Shawq on Sundays, telling her parents she was going to a local church.
Soheir Zaki (Arabic: سهير زكي, born in Mansoura, Egypt on January 4, 1945) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She appeared in over 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s. She appeared in over 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Fifi Abdou (Arabic: فيفي عبده, IPA: [ˈfiːfi ˈʕæbdu], born Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim (عطيات عبد الفتاح إبراهيم), [ʕɑtˤejˈjɑːt ʕæbdel.fætˈtæːħ ebɾˤɑˈhiːm]; April 26, 1945) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has been described as "synonymous with belly dancing in the years she was ...
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]