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Ad Building Anticipation for Afranza Hanem's Arrival at Sala Badia
March 29, 1927

 

Translated by Priscilla Adum

 

 

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Introduction

The ad below advertises a show at Badia Masabni's sala featuring Fathya Ahmed as a singer, and announces that Afranza Hanem has arrived in Cairo!

Source:
Al Ahram
Tuesday, March 29, 1927
Page 5

ABOUT THE PHOTO: Badia Masabni poses in a dance costume, holding a tarha.

Click on the image below to see the advertisement in more detail.

 

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The Advertisement

Sala Badia

On Emad El Din Street singing for the public:

Fathya Ahmed

With a band consisting of the best musicians

Ibrahim 3aryian on kanoun and Zaki 3azt on violin

Badia singing and dancing

The Turkish Dancer Afranza Hanem has arrived! We will be posting her perfomance dates soon!

The Advertisement

 

 

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About the Translator

Priscilla is a dancer of Lebanese heritage who enjoys researching the Golden Era of Egyptian dance. She owns a collection of more than one hundred classic black and white Egyptian films which is continually expanding.

Priscilla has also gathered a large library of dance related articles and clippings from Middle Eastern magazines and newspapers, many of which she has translated from the original Arabic to both English and Spanish.

Priscilla currently resides in Central America where she is a dance instructor. 

Priscilla

 

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