Nadia Gamal

[2] Born as Maria Carydias to a Greek father and Italian mother in Alexandria, Egypt.When she was 14, an ill dancer in her mother's troupe gave her the opportunity to dance raqs sharqi in Lebanon, which her father had forbidden her to do because of her youth.[1] In 1953, she dated Indian movie star Shammi Kapoor after they met in Sri Lanka, but she moved back to Cairo.She also appeared at the Cairo Opera House and danced for King Hussein and the Shah of Iran.[1] Gamal was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990, and while undergoing treatment in Beirut contracted pneumonia and died.
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