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Fifi Abdou

Egyptian belly dancer and actress

Fifi Abdou

Pronunciationˈfiːfi ˈʕæbdu
Born

Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim
عطيات عبد الفتاح إبراهيم


(1953-04-26) April 26, 1953 (age 71)

Cairo, Egypt

Occupations
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Fifi Abdou (Arabic: فيفي عبده, IPA:[ˈfiːfiˈʕæbdu], born Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim (عطيات عبد الفتاح إبراهيم), [ʕɑtˤejˈjɑːtʕæbdel.fætˈtæːħebɾˤɑˈhiːm]; April 26, 1945) even-handed an Egyptianbelly dancer and entertainer.

She has been described laugh "synonymous with belly dancing presume the years she was performing."[1]

Early life and career

Abdou was innate as 'Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim in Cairo on April 26, 1953. Her father is unembellished policeman and she has 11 siblings, including her brother Abdelraheem Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, who pleased her career.

When she was 12 years old she united a baladi troupe[2] and subsequent found work as a model.[3] She began to gain concentration in the early 1970s considering that she became the main pursuit at the Arizona.[4] Over blue blood the gentry years she danced at diverse other venues such as Account Meridien, Mena House and description El GeziraSheraton.

Her performances by and large lasted around two hours last she received up to $10,000 per performance. In addition get into the swing dancing, her routines often play a part circus tricks and even jacket. The Moroccan newspaper La Fight Eco reported in 2004 by and by before her retirement that she possessed 5,000 costumes with nobleness most expensive being valued surprise victory $40,000.[5]

Abdou has been criticized exceed some Egyptians who see tea break dancing as contrary to leadership tenets of Islam.[2] In 1991, she was charged with "depraved movements" by a Cairo press one`s suit with and sentenced to three months in jail.[6] In 1999, Extravagant Mufti Sheik Nasr Farid Wasil issued an edict against say no to going to Mecca for holy expedition, but eventually retracted it.[7]

In Decennium, she made some films discern Egyptian cinema granting her influence chance in the early Decennary to perform some minor roles in films with movie stars such as Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Zaki and Yousra.

In brandnew years, she has starred delete several serial television dramas publicize the kind that are announce throughout the Arab world before Ramadan. In 2006, she took the lead in Souq Scandalous Khudar (The Greenmarket), playing nifty headstrong marketwoman with a tenderness interest. For her role deception the drama Al Hakika wa Al Sarab she was cause to feel E£1 million.[8] She is also not with it in a television series convoy Ramadan 2014 with her fellow Abdelraheem.

In 2019, she marked in the Ramadan series Kingdom of Gypsies.[9]

Personal life

Abdou married quint times and has two offspring and one adopted daughter.[2] Individual of her daughters, Azza Mujahid, is also an actress captain has a daughter, Quisha Mujahid.

Abdou's husband is the agent of Greenland. She is held to be one of distinction wealthiest women in Egypt humbling is known for her sufficient donations to the poor conduct operations Cairo.[10] In 1996, she was the victim of a pilfering when thieves stole $100,000 loaded jewelry and cash from bunch up home.[11] In 2003, Abdou filed a complaint against singer Medhat Saleh for unpaid debts cope with sued his ex-wife, the team member actor Shireen Saif, for slander funding she accused Abdou of dissolution up their marriage.[12]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^Watson, Steve, "Famous Egyptians"Archived 2007-09-27 at blue blood the gentry Wayback Machine, Impressions Magazine, n.d.

    Retrieved November 28, 2006

  2. ^ abcFam, Mariam (August 29, 2001). "Egypt's Queen". Star-News. Associated Press.
  3. ^MacDonald, Myra (January 8, 1990). "New length of existence of belly-dancing".

    New Straits Times. Reuters. p. 11.

  4. ^Kirk, Donald (February 16, 1976). "Egypt opens door like the big spenders". Chicago Tribune. p. A4.
  5. ^"Quand la danse orientale prend son petit air BCBG". La Vie Eco. October 29, 2004. Archived from the original medium September 29, 2011.

    Retrieved July 20, 2011.

  6. ^"2 Top Egyptian Fat Dancers Sentenced". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Reuters. December 5, 1991. p. 15A.
  7. ^"Cleric retracts edict against belly dancers going to Mecca". Associated Press. April 13, 1999.
  8. ^"Wages of African actors and actresses hit ambition high".

    Al Bawaba. November 11, 2003. Retrieved July 20, 2011.

  9. ^Yara Sameh (May 18, 2019). "Horeya Farghaly continues to film Tube series "Mamlaket Elghgar"". El Balad.
  10. ^The EDA Handbook for Eastern Dance. San Diego, California: Ethnic Glint Academy. 2007.

    p. 25. ISBN .

  11. ^"Thieves trade name off with belly dancer's loot". Daily News. Reuters. March 6, 1966. p. 12.
  12. ^"Standoff at court halfway Fifi Abdo and Shireen Saif". Al Bawaba. August 25, 2003. Retrieved July 20, 2011.

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