Zouba El-Klobatiyya
Zouba El-Klobatiyya | |
|---|---|
| زوبة الكلوباتية | |
| Born | Zainab Hussein Mustafa 22 February 1915 |
| Died | 20 September 1972 (aged 55) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and dancer |
| Years active | 1935–1998 |
Zouba El-Klobatiyya (Arabic: زوبة الكلوباتية)(1917 - 1972) is an Egyptian dancer and actor.[1][2][3]
Early life
Zainab Hussein Mustafa 'was born in the neighborhood of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar in Cairo in 1917, known as “Zuba Al-Kawalbati”.[4]
Career
She was the most famous dancer in Egypt of her time,[5] especially in Muhammad Ali Street Downtown Cairo,[6] specifically in the 1930s. It is said that her fame reached the point that her statues were replaced by empty bottles. Dancing retired on the pretext that it was forbidden and headed to the Hajj, She married at age 13 to Klopati. He watched at the joys to perform the courtesy, but he was returning to the house at dawn and with him the dancer who was in joy, and when Zuba intercepted, he was brought to her a marriage voucher or a customary contract, then he released her after days Dancers for their experience, so Zubba decided to learn to dance and sing until her husband dispensed with the dancers, and she went to a dance house claiming `` Khadija Al-Wansh to learn to dance and sing, and she was dancing and singing to her husband, but when he learned that she learned to her divorce, that was an opportunity to start her life in art, accompanied by Khadija Al-Wansh To become a dancer Zuba and she was 60 piasters in addition to the point reaches six pounds, and she was not satisfied with dance, but she sang, and after her success she married Zuba from the singer Mohamed Al-Sagheer, and composed to her senior composers such as Kamel Al-Khola'ie and Ahmed Sabri and Mohamed Al-Kahlawi, and her marriage did not last for the young, and then married the musician and composer Abdel Moneim Al -Abyari.[1][7]
Al Shamadan dance
Zuba was famous for the "dance of the candlestick"[3] and is said to be the first to perform it. According to an interview with journalist Youssef Al -Sharif she saw a man who danced with the candle in the Ezz Al -Din hall and decided to imitate the dance. Although the candlestick weighed 10 kilograms, she danced without shaking the candle flame. Zuba to the Zuba Al -Kawalbati’s play written by Salah Tantawi and co -starred with singer Raja Abdo.[8][9][10]
Film
Zuba appeared in the movies Five Pay and Circus Girl, and in a German movie on oriental dance. She reached fame using the name "Zuba Zubba, Zubba, Zubba, Zubba, Zubba, statues of Zubba”. The reason for creating a statue of Zuba was the writer and artist Abdul Rahman Al -Khamisi.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b Adum, Priscilla. "Lucy Talks About Zouba el-Klobatiyya". www.shira.net. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "Raqs Al Shamadan | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ a b "Shamadan". www.diana-oriental-dance.com. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ Elena, Amira (2020-05-21). "Raqs el Shamadan". amira elena (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Nadia Hamdi: Giving Joy to the Heart and Eyes | Morocco & the Casbah Dance Experience". www.casbahdance.org. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ "belly dance Memories of Muhammad Ali Street" (PDF). bellydancewithnisaa.
- ^ "Shamadan". www.diana-oriental-dance.com. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ Adum, Priscilla. "Yousef El Sherif Discusses Zouba el-Klobatiyya". www.shira.net. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Nadia Hamdi: Giving Joy to the Heart and Eyes | Morocco & the Casbah Dance Experience". www.casbahdance.org. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ cinziabonato (2017-02-23). "Lo sapevi che…le origini della danza con il candelabro". BellyMoon (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "When". raqs.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-31.