Dina Tala'at Sayed Muhammad ( ar, دينا طلعت سيد محمد, ; born March 27, 1964) is an
Egyptian
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belly dance
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r and
actress
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. She was named as the "Last Egyptian Dancer" by the American magazine ''
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''. She has a master's degree in
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Personal life
Dina was born in Rome
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, Italy
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. Her father was correspondent for the Middle East News Agency
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in Rome.Ain Shams University
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Ain Shams University was fou ...
at the insistence of her father.[ She then married director Sameh El Bagoury, the father of her son Ali.][ After El Bagoury's death from a brain tumour in 2001,][ she secretly married Hossam Abol Fotouh. It was rumored that she would retire, but she returned to her career. She is now married to the Egyptian businessman Wael Abo Hussein.
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Career
Dina started her career in the early 1970s with the Reda Dance Troupe.[ She became a solo dancer in the 1980s and soon became well known. In the 1990s she became known for her gigs at hotels like the Cairo Sheraton where she shocked Egyptian society by eschewing the traditional bellydance costume for shorts and a bikini. Like most belly dancers, Dina dances for private functions as well as public engagements. As of 2007, she charged around to appear at weddings.][ She has travelled to various countries to teach workshops and perform, including Brazil in 2005 and Australia in 2010.
In 2011, she released her autobiography, ''Huriati Fi Al Raqs'' (''My Freedom in Dancing''). Because of the ]2011 Egyptian revolution
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it did not sell well in Egypt, but the French-language edition '' Ma liberté de danser'' (2011) was more successful.
Filmography
* ''El-Kammasha'' (1987)
* ''En-Nasib Maktoub'' (1987)
* ''El-Hubb Aydan Yamoot'' (1988)
* ''Ginan fi Ginan'' (1990)
* ''Al-Ghashim'' (1991)
* ''Albaree wa al-Gallad'' (1991)
* ''Esteqalet Gaber'' (1992)
* ''Mazbahet al-Shorafaa'' (1992)
* ''Demo Sahebat Al-Galala'' (1992)
* ''Al-Mansi'' (1993) - ''Guest of Honour''
* ''Qshr el-Bondoq'' (1995)
* ''Estakoza'' (1996)
* ''Ibn Ezz'' (2001)
* ''Alaya el-Tarab bet-Talata'' (2007)
* ''Elbelyatsho'' (2007)
* ''Maganin Nos Kom'' (2007)
* ''Ezbet Adam'' (2009)
* ''Had Sama' Haga?'' (2009)
* ''Wlad Al Balad'' (2010)
* Asl Eswad'' (2010)
* ''Shari' Al Haram'' (2011)
* ''Foukak Mini'' (2011)
* Abda Mota'' (2012)
* Ash al-Balbal'' (2013)
Television
* ''Rodda Qalbi'' (1998)
* ''Fereska'' (2004)
* ''Raya Wi Sekeena'' (2007)
* ''Romanet el-Mizan'' (2008)
* ''Al Ashrar'' (2009)
* ''Samasim'' (2009)
* ''Zahra Bareyya'' (2009)
* ''Khas Gedan'' (2009)
* ''Waad Mesh Maktoub'' (2009)
* ''Qeshta We Asal'' (2013)
* ''Ahl al-Hawa'' (2013)
* ''Faraoun'' (2013)
* "Al-Harbaieh" (2017)
* "The Flood / El Tofan" (2017)
* "Rahim" (2018)
Theatre
* ''Alabanda'' (1995)
Bibliography
* Dina Talaat, ''Ma liberté de danser: la dernière danseuse d'Égypte'' (My Freedom to Dance), Michel Lafon, January 2011
References
External links
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Egyptian female dancers
Egyptian film actresses
Belly dancers
1964 births
Living people
Ain Shams University alumni
Egyptian television actresses
Egyptian stage actresses
20th-century Egyptian actresses
21st-century Egyptian actresses