The world celebrated on Saturday the International Dance Day that was promoted for by the International Dance Council, an affiliate of the UNESCO organization. One of the most significant types of dancing in Egypt and the Middle East region is belly dancing. It was an essential part of the vast majority of old movies where actresses depicted a variety of famous belly dancers. The Egyptian cinema has introduced several forms of arts; it particularly had the lead in belly dancing. Several performances were introduced by talented belly dancer, leaving their significant print and topping Egypt and the Middle East as pioneers in this art. Samia Gamal Gamal was born in March 1924. Her real name is Zainab Khalil and started her career in belly dancing when she had joined the team of Badi’a Massabny, one of the most prominent belly dancers and singers in the early nineties in Egypt. Gamal created a special style in dancing of her own, she merged between the oriental and occidental. Badi’a Massabny Born to a Lebanese father and Syrian mother, Massabny came to Egypt to learn singing and dancing after years of living abroad. Massabny’s team…
