Fifi Abdou
Fifi Abdou is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has been described as synonymous with belly dancing in the years she was performing. In her acting career, she is known as the womanempowering type where, rarely in Egyptian culture and film, she beats up and overpowers men.
Abdou was born in Cairo on April 26, 1953 and named Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim. Her father is a policeman and she hassiblings, including her famous brother Abdelraheem Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, who encouraged her career. When she wasyears old she joined a baladi troupe and later found work as a model. She began to gain attention in the early 1970s when she became the main attraction at the Arizona. Over the years she danced at many other venues such as Le Meridien, Mena House and the El Gezira Sheraton. Her performances usually lasted around two hours and she received up to 10,000 per performance. In addition to dancing, her routines often included circus tricks and even rapping. The Moroccan newspaper La Vie Eco reported in 2004 shortly before her retirement that she possessed 5,000 costumes with the most expensive being valued at 40,000.
Source: Wikipedia