Stars of the Sixties/Seventies - Mona Said (born 1954)
Born in 1954 in Suez Canal, Mona Ibrahim Wafa grew up loving to dance folkloric dances at school. It was not until she moved to Cairo, having had to leave Suez Canal because of the Egypt/Israel war in 1967, that her professional dance career started when she was only 13.Her dancing meant she had to flee Egypt for Lebanon in 1970 to escape the anger of her conservative Bedouin father. By the time she returned from Lebanon a few years later, she was a star.
During her career, from 1970 until the mid-1990s, Mona moved a few times between Lebanon, Cairo and London.
Tahiya Carioca nicknamed her the “Princess of Raqs Sharqi” She is a perfect example of the "less is more" philosophy applied in belly dance
Sources/Articles:
- Remembering Mona Said - (by Zulaika.net)
- Mona El Said - Moving in Mysterious ways (by Habibi.net)
- Mona Said - (by World Dance Heritage)
- Mona Said - (by Sharqi Dance)
- Mona El Said in Dallas - (by Gilded Serpent)
Mona El Said
Videoclips
Mona in Cairo, Early 1970ies
Mona in Cairo Saidi - Early 1970ies
Mona in London - 1970ies
Mona Assaya
Mona Baladi
Mona's Tabla Solo in London, 1970ies
Less is more.. right? :) Enjoy!
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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:
Modern Legends:
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