Raqs Sharki 1-2-3: Badia Masabni - Time traveling with the stars of Egyptian Dance

 Time Traveling with the Stars

Part 1: Badia Masabni (1892-1974)

BADIA MASABNI was an actress and belly dancer born to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother, best known for opening a series of influential clubs in Cairo from the 1920s onward.
Badia is considered to be the matron of modern belly dance and is credited with launching the careers of Egyptian belly dance stars Samia Gamal and Taheyya Kariokka.

(Source: Wikipedia)

with Samia Gamal and Taheiya Karioka

About Badia

• http://www.gildedserpent.com/art47/jalilahbadia.html 
• http://alessandraraqs.blogspot.de/2014/10/stars-of-dance-spotlight-badia-masabni.html
• http://www.shira.net/about/badia-lady-and-clubs.htm 
• http://belly-dance.org/badia-masabni.html
• http://bellymotions.com/historical-influences-on-badia-masabni/

FB Album/Biography of Badia Masabni in 14 Chapters:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Academia-de-Danza-Arabe-Priscilla-Adum-388753295647/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10150694827720648


Videoclip (for GildedSerpent)

https://youtu.be/26V9iOEw1co

Enjoy!!!

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xx K.

Favourites of the Fourties/Fifties:

• Badia Masabni
• Tahiya Karioka
• Samia Gamal
• Naima Akef
• Katie Fotsaty
• Nadia Gamal
• Zeinat Olwi
• Hind Rostom
• Mahmoud Reda & Farida Fahmy

 Stars of the Sixties/Seventies:

• Nagua Fouad
• Soheir Zaki
• Fifi Abdo

 Modern Legends:

• Nesma
• Randa Kamel
• Tito Seif