Zeinat Olwi ( ar, زينات علوي) whose stage name was Zurah, (1930–1988) was one of the leading
belly dance
Belly dance (Egyptian Arabic: رقص بلدي, translated: Dance of the Country/Folk Dance, romanized: Raks/Raas Baladi) is a dance that originates in Egypt. It features movements of the hips and torso. It has evolved to take many different f ...
rs in Egypt in the middle of the twentieth century. She appeared in many movies from the
Egyptian Golden Age of cinema. One of her most famous performances was in
Henry Barakat
Henry Antoun Barakat ( ar, هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director. He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Leb ...
's 1955 movie ''Ayyam wa layali'' (''Days and Nights'').
Anglicizations of her name
Her given name is anglicized variously as Zeinat, Zinat, Zinaat, and Zenat. Her surname is variously given as Olwi, Elwi, Aloui.
Filmography
* ''Ayyam wa layali'' (''Days and Nights'') (1955)
* ''El-Zawga Talattashar'' (''
Wife Number 13
''Wife Number 13'' ( ar, الزوجة ١٣, translit. Al Zouga talattashar) is a 1962 Egyptian film, written by Abo El Seoud El Ebiary and directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.
Ca ...
'')
*''Karamat Zawgaty'' (''
My Wife's Dignity
''My Wife's Dignity'' (Egyptian Arabic: كرامة زوجتي translit: ''Karamet Zawgati'' or ''Karamat Zawjati'') is 1967 Egyptian film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia.
...
'') (1967)
*''Sabah El Kheir ya Zawgaty El-Aziza'' (''
Good Morning, My Dear Wife
Good Morning, My Dear Wife (Egyptian Arabic: صباح الخير يا زوجتي العزيزة translit: ''Sabah El Kheir ya Zawgaty El Aziza'') is a 1969 in film, 1969 Egyptian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly (Egyptian entertainer), Nelly an ...
'') (1969)
External links
video clips for Zeinat Olwi in Egyptian movies
1930 births
1988 deaths
Egyptian film actresses
Egyptian female dancers
Belly dancers
20th-century Egyptian actresses
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