Samia Gamal and belly dancing

Samia Gamal was the first belly dancing star in Egypt and was formed with greeting Carioca two different schools in the education and performance of belly dancing. Although the two began in the same  band " Massabna", they both had a distinctive style and a different dance.Samia Gamal famous combining eastern and western dance, and performing with dazzling dance clothes, music and decorations. Carioca wast he old traditional character of the eastern dance.I

Samia Gamal  carreer was also helped by her  brown beauty,  sense of humor, and elegance, and was keen on her slender body until the last of her life, which caused her to many health problems and become one of the causes of her death.

Samia Gamal beginning

Samia Gamal was born in Beni Suef in 1924 and entered the world of art in 1940. She worked with  Massabna band as a dancer and was also involved in the dance group Altablohat .She was  chosen to lead a solo dance in one of the concerts and the dance instructor told her she  should be wearing high heel during the dance. Some say that Samia was very scared at the time because if she failed the band could be expelled from the Casino..But Samia did not succumb to failure and pressured her band instructor to grant  her the opportunity to dance in front of the public,  she was a  stunning success.

Why Samia Gamal refused to publish her ​​memoirs?

According  Mohammed Amin  ( close friend of Samia Gamal ) she did not write notes and did not think about it, despite large financial offers to talk about her private life. After her retirement she moved completely  away from the limelight.