Tahia Karioka تحية كريوكا
1915 -------- 1999
Tahia Karioka was born in 1915 in Ismaileya Egypt her real name was Badawiya Mohamed Karim... and ran away from her home to tha capital Cairo by the age
of 14 ; Tahia Karioka excelled at Brazilian dance called Karioka which she got the name from ; Tahia Karioka danced in the procession for King Farouk’s
wedding. He was 16 at the time and had just been crowned king after the death of his father. She performed to music sung by the great Om Kalthoum;
Om Kalthoum the legend of arab voice once said that Tahia Carioca is an “artist who can sing with her body”
Tahia Karioka was married 14 times
... she even got married from an
American but didn't last long
Tahia Karioka died on September 20, 1999
of a heart attack at age 84.
but she will always be one of the legends of
Belly dance
of a heart attack at age 84.
but she will always be one of the legends of
Belly dance
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