Farid al-Atrash
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Farid al-Atrash, also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and sibling
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Al-Atrash shaking hands with Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, February 1955
Al-Atrash and Salah Zulfikar during a sports event in Cairo, 1961
Samia Gamal
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Zeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz, known professionally as Samia Gamal, was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress. Gamal performed in more than 50 movies during her career. She is regarded as one
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…الأيام-love of the days) He endured the death of his sister and fellow performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort in a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was motivated to risk all he owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred in a movie with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr…
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Samia Gamal and Farid Al-Attrach in the Egyptian film Little Miss Devil (Afrita hanem) (1949)
Samia Gamal with her husband Shepherd King III in July 1954
Samia Gamal, 1950