Nagwa Fouad
Egyptian belly dancer
Nagwa Fouad (Egyptian Arabic: نجوى فؤاد; born Awatef Mohamed Agami (Arabic: عواطف محمد عجمي) on 17 January 1939) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has appeared in around fifty Egyptian films.
Early life
Nagwa was born as Awatef Mohamed Agami, in Alexandria to an Egyptian family from Upper Egypt. Her father was Egyptian from Upper Egypt, her mother was Palestinian.
She then changed her Egyptian folk name (Awatef) to a more artistic sounding one.
Career
She began belly dancing in the early 1960s. In 1976, the composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab wrote an entire musical piece exclusively for her belly dancing show titled "Amar Arbatashar" (Full Moon), it was her transition from traditional oriental dance to a choreographed stage performances.
After Fouad's marriage to Ahmed Fouad Hassan, the prominent Egyptian violin player, composer and conductor, she danced in the stage show Adwoua El-Madina (City Lights), which had featured such performers as Abdel Halim Hafez, Fayza Ahmed, Shadia and Sabah. Fouad featured on many of the covers of the Ahmed Fouad Hassan's albums.
Fouad says: "Hassan nurtured my amateur's talents...
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