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BY FAIZA QAZI

FF. BY FAIZA QAZI. WHO IS NAIMA AKEF?. Naima Akef was born in Cairo on the 7 th of October 1929. Her family owned the Akef circus. Straight away from childhood, Naima was exposed to acrobats, dance, music and live performances and would take part her self.

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BY FAIZA QAZI

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  1. FF BY FAIZA QAZI

  2. WHO IS NAIMA AKEF? • NaimaAkef was born in Cairo on the 7th of October 1929. • Her family owned the Akef circus. • Straight away from childhood, Naima was exposed to acrobats, dance, music and live performances and would take part her self. • She was trained by her grandfather, Ismail Akef to perform at circus. • Naima came first in the competition beating 100 dancers from 50 countries.

  3. A STAR • The Kit Kat club was the another famous in club in Cairo, director AbbasKemal. • His brother, Hussein Fawzy, also a film director was really interesting in having Naima star in one of his film called “Al- EichWalMalh” • The film was a huge success and made her an overnight star at the age of 15 • For the next 10 years she worked in his films, and eventually married him in 1952 • Naima and her husband divorced in 1958.

  4. FILMOGRAPHY • AishWalMalh (1949) • Lahalibo (1949) • BaladiWaKhafa (1949) • Furigat (1950) • Baba Areess (1950)

  5. RETIREMENT AND DEATH • Naima quit acting in 1964 to take care of her child • He had only one child, from her second marriage to accountant Salah Abdel Aleem • She died two years later from cancer, on April 23, 1966 at the age of 37th.

  6. RESOURCES • http://www.serpentine.org/yasmin/NaimaAkef.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Akef • http://www.belly-dance.org/naima-akef.html

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