Belly Dance Video Clips

This is a clip from the 1957 film Fata Ahlami (My Dream Guy) starring Abdel Halim Hafez and Abd el Salam el Naboulsi and featuring a 17 year old Farida Fahmy dancing with Mahmoud Reda. Curiously, in the film credits her name is listed as NELDA and not as Farida Fahmy. She and Mahmoud Reda play the roles of dancers at this particular casino. The film credits also list Ali Reda (Mahmoud Reda's brother) as the choreographer/dance coach.




And much more here!

This is a rare gem from the 1945 Egyptian film 'Rabha' produced by one of the lions of early Egyptian cinema, Niazi Mustapha (Mostafa). 'Rabha' starred his wife Kouka who had begun her career as a film editor. In his early days Mustapha worked with Badia Masabni and her troupe which at that time included Tahiya Carioca.

While married to Kouka, Mustapha secretly married dancer Naemet Mokhtar. When Kouka found out, she gave Mustapha a 'her-or-me' ultimatum and Naemet was quickly and very publicly divorced. Naizi Mustapha died on 19 October 1986 when he was murdered in his apartment in Cairo.

Belly Dancing Persian Movie Shehre Sharab (1973)



This is her daughter, Rachel:

I love the clip, but the costume could have come from my other blog LOL.

Nagwa Fouad - Song Ka3b El Ghazal:



Nagwa Fouad - Ashi ya ahli waya naasi wala malaama:



Zeinat Olwi - Arabawy:

First ever film appearance of Taheya Carioca 1935. Or still known then as Taheya Mohamed. Taheya dances to The Carioca (not very convincingly right at the end) but after this film is then known as Taheya Carioca. The film is Dr Farahat:



And another bonus clip:

Interesting how dancers in those times could wear costumes like these and get away with it, nowadays most of us wear much less reveiling costumes.

Compilation of several old clips: