Naima Akef
Dancer, Film actor
1929 – 1966
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Who was Naima Akef?
Naima Akef was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Naima Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta. Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus, which was one of the best known circuses at the time. She started performing in the circus at the age of four, and quickly became one of the most popular acts with her acrobatic skills. Her family was based in the Bab el Khalq district of Cairo, but they traveled far and wide in order to perform.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1929
Tanta - Also known as
- Naema Akef
- نعيمة عاكف
- Spouses
- Hussein Fawzi
(1953 - 1958) - Salaheldeen Abdel Aleem
(1959 - 1966/04/23)
- Hussein Fawzi
- Children
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 23, 1966
Cairo
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on July 23, 2013
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