Soheir Zaki

Soheir Zaki

🔹 Full Name: Soheir Zaki Abdallah

🔹 Date of Birth: January 4, 1945 (Age: 80) – Mansoura, Egypt

🔹 Nationality: 🇪🇬 Egyptian

🔹 Spouse: Mohamed Amara

🔹 Profession: Belly Dancer, Actress

🔹 Languages: Arabic

🔹 Years Active: 1964 – 1983

🩰 About Her Life

✨ Soheir Zaki is considered one of the most famous belly dancers in Egyptian entertainment history. She was the first to dance to the songs of Umm Kulthum.

✨ She began her career in Alexandria before moving to Cairo, where she gained fame through the "Lights of the Stage" program.

✨ She appeared in over 50 films as both a dancer and actress, before retiring in the early 1990s.

🔹 💃 She performed in front of notable figures such as:

✅ The children of President Gamal Abdel Nasser at their weddings.

✅ U.S. President Richard Nixon.

✅ Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba.

✅ The former Shah of Iran.

✅ She also performed in Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Defense Minister Andrei Grechko.

🎬 Her Artistic Works

📽️ Notable Films:

🎞 Zizi’s Family (1963)

🎞 He, She, and I (1964)

🎞 My Love in Cairo (1966)

🎞 Student House (1967)

🎞 Amasha in the Jungle (1972)

🎞 Regret (1978)

🎞 The Famous Case (1978)

🎞 The Shark (1981)

🎞 The Wolves (1983)

📺 TV Series:

📡 The Black Cat (1964)

📡 The Man with Five Faces (1969)

📡 A Lifetime Opportunity (1976)

💠 Soheir Zaki was distinguished by her unique belly dancing style and remains one of the most iconic and influential performers in this field.