Tahia Carioca

1920-1999

Tahia born in the Egyptian countryside as Badawiya abd-el-Karim. She loved to dance, what his family did not accept, so he fled to Cairo and began dancing Badia Masbnin Casino Opera 14-year-old. Oriental dance, and he also learned ballet. Tahia stopped dancing in 1952 to concentrate on näyttelemiseen.