Not The First Belly Dancer

Tahia Carioca was not the first bellydancer ever to appear in an Egyptian film. The first bellydancers to appear in an Egyptian movie were Bamba Kashar and Mary Mansour nine years before Taheya in 1926, and it was the Silent movie Leyla. This was the first full length film ever made in Egypt and it was produced by actor Stephan Rosti. It's not known whether copies of it still exist.

Another film, In the Land of Tutankhamon, is said to have been made a bit earlier than Leyla...but people dispute this still. That one didn't have a bellydancer in it though.


*Originally posted on the Forum