Shafiqa Al-Qebtiya: Ya Aziz Einy - يا عزيز عيني : فيلم شفيقه القبطيه

Hind Rostom; one of the most celebrated artists in the history of Egyptian cinema during last century and nicknamed Rita Hayworth of the east, belly dancing on Sayed Darwish’s Ya Aziz Einy as Shafiqa Al- Qebtiya “Shafiqa the Copt“ in a movie about the real tragedy of Egypt’s most celebrated belly dancer during the 19th century. The real Shafiqa was born 1851 in a conservative Coptic family from which she fled at the age of 12 years old to learn belly dancing and become the most celebrated belly dancer in