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Originally Posted by kamilia
The impression I got from Egyptians I've talked to is that they've never heard of her. I've only talked to a sample of the population, of course, but it is a group of cabaret/club rats and pop culture whores. As far as I know, she hasn't made it to film, television, theater, music videos, weddings of the rich and famous, or any other arena that makes a dancer a household name in Egypt.
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*Waves to Kamilia, my fellow language geek*
I LOVE the khaliji pics on your tribe profile btw!
Kamilia is spot on as usual. Most Egyptians can`t afford to eat out in restaurants and night clubs, and therefore the dancers in Cairo today aren`t famous among the GP. In order to become famous you need to be in a movie or at the very least appear on TV (or be in some sort of scandal
). The "old dancers" , such as Fifi, Nagwa, Samia etc, became household names because of the movies they acted in.
For some reason the Egyptians I spoke to didn`t like Randa either (they had to watch her on YouTube of course since they`d never heard of her). I brought a Norwegian friend (not a dancer) to see both Randa and Soraya live, and he definitely preferred Soraya, but couldn`t really explain why.
Personally I love her dancing.