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

• Written by Priscilla
  • Middle Eastern Cuisine
  • Music
  • Other
• Translations
  • Dance Personalities
  • Translated Primary Sources
  • Music-Related
  • Other

• About Priscilla

Middle Eastern Cuisine

• Recipe for Awaymet (Lebanese fritters). Learn to make these Lebanese dessert treats. Placed online January 29, 2012.
• Selling Dates During Ramadan. How date sellers give a nod to current events. Includes both English and Spanish. Placed online February 18, 2012.
• What Is a Saj? Description of a Lebanese cooking grill used to make bread. Includes both English and Spanish. Placed online February 14, 2012.

Music

• Set El Hosen: Prettiest of the Pretty. Background about the song. Placed online February 20, 2012.
• Translation for the Song Ezzai by Mohamed Mounir. Placed online February 4, 2012.

Other

• Farewell to El Gandoul Nightclub. Background on a historic Egyptian nightclub that was demolished in July 2011. Placed online February 22, 2012.

Shafiqa el-Koptiyya

• Shafiqa el-Koptiyya: The Dancer Whose Horses Drank Champagne. Insight into a legendary Egyptian dancer. Placed online January 29, 2012.

Hekmet Fahmy

• Hekmet Fahmy, The Spy. A look at the events that ended the career of a woman who was once Egypt's leading dancer. Translated by Priscilla Adum. Placed online February 25, 2012.

Badia Masabni

• Vintage Photos of Tahia Carioca & Badia Masabni. Photos of Tahia Carioca's visit to Badia Masabni's farm in Lebanon after Badia retired from show business. Placed online March 1, 2012.

Tahia Carioca

• Vintage Photos of Tahia Carioca & Badia Masabni. Photos of Tahia Carioca's visit to Badia Masabni's farm in Lebanon after Badia retired from show business. Placed online March 1, 2012.
• Tahia Carioca and Oum Kalthoum. Anecdote from El Fagr newspaper, August 2011. Placed online February 22, 2012.
• Onscreen Special About the Documentary Carioca. Placed online February 18, 2012.

Samia Gamal

• Interview in 1968 with Samia Gamal. Samia reflects on her career. Placed online February 6, 2012.
• "Samia Gamal Danced with Me in Her 60's". Samir Sabry describes a stage production he put together in the 1980's featuring star entertainers of the black and white movie era. Placed online March 4, 2012.

Naemet Mokhtar

• About Naemet Mokhtar. A partial translation of a biographical profile of this Golden Era dancer. Placed online February 2, 2012.
• Naemet Mokhtar Breaks 30 Years of Silence. Fascinating February 2012 interview with this Golden Era dancer. Placed online March 4, 2012.

Zeinat Olwi

• About Zeinat Olwi. A partial translation of a biographical profile of this Golden Era dancer. Placed online February 8, 2012.

Hind Rostom

• Hind Rostom: A Great Loss to Egyptian Cinema & Dance. News story about Hind Rostom's August 2011 death. Placed online February 20, 2012.

Nagwa Fouad

• Interview in Ramadan 2010 with Nagwa Fouad. Find out what Nagwa Fouad thinks of recent trends in dance. Placed online January 30, 2012.

Lucy

• Interview in Ramadan 2010 with Lucy. Lucy talks about her dance career, her acting career, and more. Placed online February 3, 2012.

Dina

• Interview in October 2010 with Dina. See Dina's response to the criticism from Nagwa Fouad. Placed online January 31, 2012.
• Interview in January 2011 with Dina. Part of Dina's promotional efforts for her about-to-be-released book. Placed online February 4, 2012.
• Interview in May 2011 with Dina. Dina discusses her own plan for helping Egypt's economy recover. Placed online February 16, 2012.

Translated Primary Sources

• Flyer from 1940 for New Show at Badia Masabni's Casino Opera. Show times, cast, etc. Placed online February 13, 2012.
• Flyer from 1930's for New Show at Mary Mansour's Sala. Show times, cast, etc. Placed online February 20, 2012.
• Flyer from 1940's for New Show Featuring Badia Masabni's and Beba Ezz El-Din's Dance Company. Show times, cast, etc. Placed online March 1, 2012.

Music-Related

• The Liver in Egyptian Song and Language. Article written by a friend of Priscilla's in Egypt. Placed online February 5, 2012.
• Iman El Bahr Darwish Elected to Head Musicians' Union in Egypt, July 2011. In post-Revolution Egypt. Placed online February 19, 2012.

Other

• Kamal el-Shennawi Died. News story about Kamal el-Shennawi's August 2011 death. Placed online February 22, 2012.
• Raqs Sharqi Dancers Reject Wahda We Nos Dancers. Reactions to a new satellite television station that broadcasts exclusively raqs sharqi performances. Placed online February 27, 2012.

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.