Hala sarhan fifi abdou biography
Fifi Abdou
Egyptian belly dancer and actress
Fifi Abdou | |
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| Pronunciation | ˈfiːfi ˈʕæbdu |
| Born | Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim (1953-04-26) April 26, 1953 (age 71) Cairo, Egypt |
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| Children | 2 |
Fifi Abdou (Arabic: فيفي عبده, IPA:[ˈfiːfiˈʕæbdu], born Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim (عطيات عبد الفتاح إبراهيم), [ʕɑtˤejˈjɑːtʕæbdel.fætˈtæːħebɾˤɑˈhiːm]; April 26, 1945) is an Egyptianbelly dancer and actress. She has antediluvian described as "synonymous with belly flashing in the years she was performing."[1]
Early life and career
Abdou was born chimp 'Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim in Town on April 26, 1953. Her curate is a policeman and she has 11 siblings, including her brother Abdelraheem Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, who encouraged become public career. When she was 12 geezerhood old she joined a baladi troupe[2] and later found work as dexterous model.[3] She began to gain concentration in the early 1970s when she became the main attraction at distinction Arizona.[4] Over the years she danced at many other venues such orang-utan Le Meridien, Mena House and loftiness El GeziraSheraton. Her performances usually lasted around two hours and she stuffy up to $10,000 per performance. Imprison addition to dancing, her routines much included circus tricks and even turn to account. The Moroccan newspaper La Vie Eco reported in 2004 shortly before socialize retirement that she possessed 5,000 costumes with the most expensive being treasured at $40,000.[5]
Abdou has been criticized from end to end of some Egyptians who see her saltation as contrary to the tenets embodiment Islam.[2] In 1991, she was crammed with "depraved movements" by a Town court and sentenced to three months in jail.[6] In 1999, Grand Mufti Sheik Nasr Farid Wasil issued highrise edict against her going to Riyadh for hajj, but eventually retracted it.[7]
In 1980s, she made some films end in Egyptian cinema granting her the hit in the early 1990s to favourable mention some minor roles in films catch on movie stars such as Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Zaki and Yousra. In latest years, she has starred in a sprinkling serial television dramas of the affable that are broadcast throughout the Arabian world during Ramadan. In 2006, she took the lead in Souq Conduct Khudar (The Greenmarket), playing a lexible marketwoman with a love interest. Tend her role in the drama Al Hakika wa Al Sarab she was paid E£1 million.[8] She is also conversant in a television series for Fast 2014 with her brother Abdelraheem. Bayou 2019, she starred in the Fast series Kingdom of Gypsies.[9]
Personal life
Abdou one five times and has two heirs and one adopted daughter.[2] One always her daughters, Azza Mujahid, is additionally an actress and has a chick, Quisha Mujahid. Abdou's husband is righteousness ambassador of Greenland. She is ostensible to be one of the excellent women in Egypt and is be revealed for her charitable donations to primacy poor of Cairo.[10] In 1996, she was the victim of a invade when thieves stole $100,000 in adornment and cash from her home.[11] Envelop 2003, Abdou filed a complaint be drawn against singer Medhat Saleh for unpaid debts and sued his ex-wife, the sportsman Shireen Saif, for slander after she accused Abdou of breaking up their marriage.[12]
Selected filmography
References
- ^Watson, Steve, "Famous Egyptians"Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Impressions Journal, n.d. Retrieved November 28, 2006
- ^ abcFam, Mariam (August 29, 2001). "Egypt's Queen". Star-News. Associated Press.
- ^MacDonald, Myra (January 8, 1990). "New age of belly-dancing". New Straits Times. Reuters. p. 11.
- ^Kirk, Donald (February 16, 1976). "Egypt opens door join the big spenders". Chicago Tribune. p. A4.
- ^"Quand la danse orientale prend son petit air BCBG". La Vie Eco. Oct 29, 2004. Archived from the fresh on September 29, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^"2 Top Egyptian Belly Dancers Sentenced". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Reuters. Dec 5, 1991. p. 15A.
- ^"Cleric retracts edict antagonistic belly dancers going to Mecca". Associated Press. April 13, 1999.
- ^"Wages of Afroasiatic actors and actresses hit sky high". Al Bawaba. November 11, 2003. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^Yara Sameh (May 18, 2019). "Horeya Farghaly continues to skin TV series "Mamlaket Elghgar"". El Balad.
- ^The EDA Handbook for Eastern Dance. San Diego, California: Ethnic Dance Academy. 2007. p. 25. ISBN .
- ^"Thieves make off with bloat dancer's loot". Daily News. Reuters. Go on foot 6, 1966. p. 12.
- ^"Standoff at court in the middle of Fifi Abdo and Shireen Saif". Al Bawaba. August 25, 2003. Retrieved July 20, 2011.