• Source: The Belly Dancer and the Politician

The Belly Dancer and the Politician (Egyptian Arabic: الراقصة والسياسي, translit. Al Raqisa wa Al Siyasy) is an Egyptian film released in 1990.




Plot


Based on a novel by Ihsan Abdel Quddous, the film discusses the eternal conflict of power and authority, symbolized by the love affair between a politician and a belly dancer, revealing the corruption of a system where it becomes difficult to decide which has more integrity, the politician or the dancer.




Cast


Nabila Ebeid
Salah Kabil
Farouk Falawkas
Ahmed Akl
Fatima Fouad
Nora Charles
Suhair Tawfik
Najwa Rabie
Enas Shalaby
Mervat el-Shennawy
Hamdi Salam
Saleh al-Aweel




External links


IMDb page
El Cinema page
Archive of El Film page




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• The Belly Dancer and the Politician
• Layla Taj
• Soheir Zaki
• Samia (name)
• Nejla
• Cultural views on the midriff and navel
• List of Egyptian films of 1990
• Politics of the belly
• Louise Frevert
• Lap dance