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Samia Gamal – Star of Egyptian Cinema - World Belly dance

Samia Gamal

Egyptian belly dancer and actress

Samia Gamal

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Born

Zeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz


(1924-03-05)5 March 1924

Beni Suef, Egypt

Died1 December 1994(1994-12-01) (aged 70)[1]

Cairo, Egypt

Occupation(s)Actress and belly dancer
Years active1939–1972
Spouse

Rushdy Abaza

(m. 1958; div. 1977)​

Samia Gamal (Arabic: سامية جمال, born as Zaynab Khalil Ibrahim Mahfuz (Arabic: زينب خليل إبراهيم محفوظ), 5 March 1924 – 1 December 1994) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.

Gamal performed in more than 50 movies during her career. She is regarded as one of the most prominent Egyptian belly dancers in the golden era of Egyptian cinema.[2]

After working as an extra in films such as The Determination (1939), she became a leading lady in a number of Egyptian cinema classics, such as Red Lipstick (1946), Lady Ghos Arab Idols: Samia Gamal | KHAMSA QYM