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Soheir Zaki
Egyptian abdomen dancer near actress (born 1945)
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| Born | Suheir Zaki Abdullah (1945-01-04) Jan 4, 1945 (age 80) Mansoura, Egypt |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, actress |
| Years active | 1960–1992 |
| Spouse | Mohamed Emara |
| Children | 1 |
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Early life
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Career
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Ah.. SOHEIR ZAKI – The sweetness of Belly Dance..
Who is Soheir Zaki?
Soheir Zaki (Arabic: سهير زكي is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She appeared in over 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s.
SOHEIR ZAKI was born in Mansoura, Egypt on January 4, 1945. When she was nine, her parents moved the family to Alexandria.
She began her career as a wedding dancer in Alexandria. Television producer Mohammed Salem saw her dancing and decided to launch her as a TV presenter on Egyptian television. However, she showed more skill as a dancer and became known for her appearances on shows like Adwoua El-Madina. She then moved to appearing in Egyptian films.
She played minor roles in most of her films, concentrating mainly on dancing. She also performed frequently in Egyptian nightclubs, particularly at the Nile Hilton Hotel in Cairo.[3] In 1964, she became to first belly dancer to dance to Umm Kulthum‘s music when she danced to “Inta Omri“.
She retired in 1992, although she later taught belly dance at Raqia Hassan’s Egyptian Academy of Oriental Dance in Cairo.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Interview with Soheir Zaki
We are very glad to present a translation of an interview with Soheir Zaki. The interview comes from Al Kawakeb Magazine (February 6th, 1990), and Morjana kindly provided it. The interview goes about the spread of Raqs Sharqi to other parts of the world and its evolution during 1980'.
by Mary Ghadban
"This was what critics and journalists in Europe, the USA and the world wrote about me in a book about dance… [This book] has chapters about me, and it was published in Germany… I was on the cover page of the American magazine “Arabesque” which teaches and analyses dance around the world… In Japan, one of the daily newspapers also published pages on me… The famous Newsweek magazine published an article on belly dance (“al-raqs al-sharqi”) through my performances…"
This was how Soheir [Zaki] illustrated herself in words before our interview...
It is for sure that “dance” (“al-raqs”) is not belly shaking (“hezz batn”) anymore... It has started to have its own rules and schools where dancers learn the right moves, styles and what is new in this field. Soheir Zaki is one of the “dancers” (“al-raqisat”) who have their own huge impact and influence in developing belly dance and bringing it to regulated styles and ways,