Badia Masabni

Provided by Jalilah, courtesy of El Hami Hassan.
1934, performing at the Casino Badia.
The following film clip was originally an advertisement
for Badia’s nightclub. It was shown before the
featured movie in Cairo cinemas. See if you can
find Tahia Carioca in the back up dancers!
Jalilah would like to thank El Hami Hassan,
film professor in Cairo, for his assistance behind
the research of this article on Badia, now on GildedSerpent.com