Tahiyya Kariokka

Tahiyya Kariokka ( Arabic تحية كاريوكا, DMG Taḥiyya Kāriyūkā ) also Tahiya Mohamed , alternative spellings including Tahiya Karioka , Taheya Cariocca , Tahia Carioca and Tahiya Carioka (born: Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Al Nidani , Arabic بدوية محمد علي النيداني, DMG Badawiyya Muḥammad ʿAlī an-Nīdānī ), (born February 22, 1919 in Ismailia , † September 20, 1999 in Cairo ) was an Egyptian belly dancer and actress . She began her career as a group dancer with Badia Masabni and then slowly worked her way up to become a solo dancer.

Tahiyya was married 14 times; among her husbands were the famous actor Rushdy Abaza and playwright Fayez Halawa. She has adopted a daughter (Atiyat Allah).

Tahiyya died of a heart attack on September 20, 1999.

Filmography (selection)

1935: Dr. Farhat
1942: Ahib al ghalat
1943: Ahlam el chabab
1944: Taqiyyat al ikhfa
1944: Rabiha-takiet el ekhfaa
1944: Naduga
1945: Lailat el jumaa
1945: El hub el awal
1945: Aheb el baladi
1946: El Sabr tayeb
1946: Najaf
1946: Ma akdarshi
1946: Li'bat al sitt
1948: Yahia el fann
1948: Ibn el fellah
1948: Hub wa junun
1949: Mandeel al helu
1949: El Katel
1949: Amirat el djezira
1949: Aheb el raks
1950: Ayni bi-meet
1950: Akbal el bakari
1951: Khadaini abi
1951: Ibn el halal
1951: Feiruz hanem
1952: El Zuhur el fatina
1952: El Omm el katila
1952: El Muntasir
1953: Ibn al ajar
1953: Hira wa chebab
1964: Al-Tareek
1977: Al-Saqqa mat
1985: Weda'an Bonapart
1990: Iskanderiya, kaman wi kaman
1993: Mercedes

Web links

Taheyya Kariokka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Belly Dance Museum (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Kariokka, Tahiyya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	تحية كاريوكا; Mohamed, Tahiya; Carioca, tahiya; Cariocca, Taheya; Carioca, Tahia; Carioka, Tahiya; Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Al Nidani; (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian belly dancer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ismailia , Egypt
DATE OF DEATH	September 20, 1999
Place of death	Cairo , Egypt