Fifi Abdou (Arabic: Ù ÙŠÙ ÙŠ عبده‎, IPA: [ˈfiË fi ˈʕæbdu]
born Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim عطيات عبد ال٠تاØ
إبراهيم, [Ê•É'tˤejˈjÉ'Ë t ʕæbdel.fætˈtÃ¦Ë Ä§
ebɾˤÉ'ˈhiË m]; April 26, 1953) is an Egyptian belly dancer and
actress. She has been described as "synonymous with belly dancing in
the years she was performing." In her acting career, she is known as
the woman-empowering type where, rarely in Egyptian culture and film,
she beats up and overpowers men. Now she is considered an icon on
social media, where she is one of the most active and most followed
celebrities in the Arab world. Through her posts including regular
belly dancing videos, she is known to be very cheerful and empowering
with no constraints.Abdou was born as 'Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim in
Cairo on April 26, 1953. Her father is a policeman and she has 11
siblings, including her brother Abdelraheem Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, who
encouraged her career. When she was 12 years old she joined a baladi
troupe and later found work as a model. She began to gain attention in
the early 1970s when she became the main attraction at the Arizona.
Over the years she danced at many other venues such as Le Meridien,
Mena House and the El Gezira Sheraton. Her performances usually lasted
around two hours and she received up to $10,000 per performance. In
addition to dancing, her routines often included circus tricks and
even rapping. The Moroccan newspaper La Vie Eco reported in 2004
shortly before her retirement that she possessed 5,000 costumes with
the most expensive being valued at $40,000.Abdou has been criticized
by some Egyptians who see her dancing as contrary to the tenets of
Islam. In 1991, she was charged with "depraved movements" by a Cairo
court and sentenced to three months in jail. In 1999, Grand Mufti
Sheik Nasr Farid Wasil issued an edict against her going to Mecca for
hajj, but eventually retracted it.In recent years, she has starred in
several serial television dramas of the kind that are broadcast
throughout the Arab world during Ramadan. In 2006, she took the lead
in Souq El Khudar (The Greenmarket), playing a headstrong marketwoman
with a love interest. For her role in the drama Al Hakika wa Al Sarab
she was paid EGP 1 million. She is also acted in a television series
for Ramadan 2014 with her brother Abdelraheem. In 2019, she starred in
the Ramadan series Kingdom of Gypsies.
born Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim عطيات عبد ال٠تاØ
إبراهيم, [Ê•É'tˤejˈjÉ'Ë t ʕæbdel.fætˈtÃ¦Ë Ä§
ebɾˤÉ'ˈhiË m]; April 26, 1953) is an Egyptian belly dancer and
actress. She has been described as "synonymous with belly dancing in
the years she was performing." In her acting career, she is known as
the woman-empowering type where, rarely in Egyptian culture and film,
she beats up and overpowers men. Now she is considered an icon on
social media, where she is one of the most active and most followed
celebrities in the Arab world. Through her posts including regular
belly dancing videos, she is known to be very cheerful and empowering
with no constraints.Abdou was born as 'Atiyat Abdul Fattah Ibrahim in
Cairo on April 26, 1953. Her father is a policeman and she has 11
siblings, including her brother Abdelraheem Abdul Fattah Ibrahim, who
encouraged her career. When she was 12 years old she joined a baladi
troupe and later found work as a model. She began to gain attention in
the early 1970s when she became the main attraction at the Arizona.
Over the years she danced at many other venues such as Le Meridien,
Mena House and the El Gezira Sheraton. Her performances usually lasted
around two hours and she received up to $10,000 per performance. In
addition to dancing, her routines often included circus tricks and
even rapping. The Moroccan newspaper La Vie Eco reported in 2004
shortly before her retirement that she possessed 5,000 costumes with
the most expensive being valued at $40,000.Abdou has been criticized
by some Egyptians who see her dancing as contrary to the tenets of
Islam. In 1991, she was charged with "depraved movements" by a Cairo
court and sentenced to three months in jail. In 1999, Grand Mufti
Sheik Nasr Farid Wasil issued an edict against her going to Mecca for
hajj, but eventually retracted it.In recent years, she has starred in
several serial television dramas of the kind that are broadcast
throughout the Arab world during Ramadan. In 2006, she took the lead
in Souq El Khudar (The Greenmarket), playing a headstrong marketwoman
with a love interest. For her role in the drama Al Hakika wa Al Sarab
she was paid EGP 1 million. She is also acted in a television series
for Ramadan 2014 with her brother Abdelraheem. In 2019, she starred in
the Ramadan series Kingdom of Gypsies.
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