PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.

Below is the translation of an advertisement that appeared in the weekly magazine Akhr Sa3a in 1935. It mentions the English Bridge, which is shown in the photo to the right.

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

Badia Masabni Troupe

The Greatest Egyptian Show Troupe

Badia's Summer Casino at the English Bridge in Giza

Starting on Thursday, August 15, and during the following days

Presents:

Play: The Eggplant of Art* [See Note below]

Monologue: Street Girl

Show: Famous Women

And In The Same Program, Presenting For The Very First Time:

The Berezov Troupe With The Show: The Modern Beach

Every Tuesday A Daytime Performance For Women, and Every Sunday and Friday a Daytime Performance for Families at 6:30 pm

* TRANSLATOR'S NOTE: The word "eggplant" in Egypt is also used to mean "crazy". So, if someone is "eggplant", it means they're nuts. In this case, the name of the play means The Craziness of Art.

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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.