NAGWA FOUAD was born in Cairo, Egypt as Awatif Mohamed Agami to an Egyptian father and a Palestinian mother.
Nagwa performed at the Abdeen Casino where she met Ahmad Fouad Hassan (her future husband for 6 years), a producer of stage shows that later became a famous conductor.
He convinced her to perform live at the most prestigious music and dance show in the 1960s called “Adwa al-Madeena i.e. City Lights” which had featured such superstars as Shadia, Abdul Haleem Haafez, Fayza Ahmad, and Sabaah.
In 1976, the famous composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab wrote an entire musical piece exclusively for her belly dancing show titled “Aamar Arba'tashar i.e. Full moon” it was her transition from traditional oriental dance to a choreographed stage performances.
Her stage performance to this special piece allowed her to change the way belly-dancing was presented on stage, transforming it from traditional oriental dance to more of a choreographed lavish spectacle adding more dramatic elements to it than ever before.
Nagwa featured on many of the covers of the Ahmed Fouad Hassan LP's/CD's.
(Sources: Wikipedia, Elcinema.com)
Nagua Fouad
- Nagua Fouad (by World Dance Heritage)
- Nagwa (by Bellydance Museum)
- Loving Nagua (Al Majallah)
- Nagwa Fouad (BellydanceTV)
Nagwa dancing to 'Moghram Sababa' by Mohamed Roshdy
Nagua Fouad (date unknown)
Nagwa in Cairo, 1964
Note: The videos below are sadly no longer available on youtube. If you happen to find another version of the clips with these titles, please let me know! I will re-add them to the blog in that case.
- Nagwa performing in the movie 'Touha', directed by Hassan El-Seify, 1957
- From the movie The Police Inspector 'Mufattish el mabahess', 1960
- From Sab'el leil, directed by Hassan El-Seify, 1970
- From 'Khamsa share' al-habaib', directed by El Sayed Bedeir, 1971
- From 'No, You who Were my Beloved', by Helmy Rafl, 1976
- Nagua dancing to 'Set El Hosen' - part 2
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