2022/02/03
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The artist, Tahia Karioka, is one of the pioneers of belly dancing in Egypt and the Arab world, and she is one of the most famous actresses in Egyptian cinema.
The late artist is considered one of the most famous stars of the classic era of Egyptian cinema, and among the most famous tournaments in which she participated and which we cannot forget are “The Fatwa”, “Shabab Woman”, “Mother of the Bride”, “We Are the Students”.
The writer, Mohamed Tawfik, described the late artist, Tahia Karioka, as enjoying “might” and strong power in dealing.
With her husbands and colleagues in the art and with the authority as well, commenting that what she faced during her childhood contributed greatly to the formation of her solid personality.
The writer, Muhammad Wafiq, revealed secrets in the life of the late Tahia Karioka, including that she had “might” and strong power in dealing with her husbands.
And her colleagues in art and with authority as well, commenting that what she faced during her childhood contributed greatly to the formation of her solid personality.
He attributed the reason for this to the fact that her brother was torturing her, depriving her of food, and cuffing her feet so that she would not escape his mistreatment. He continued: “The effects of the restrictions remained on her feet until she grew up.”
He added that her brother used to force her when she was young to serve him, his wife and his children, and locked her in a room by herself.
She was able to escape to Cairo only with the help of one of her brother’s sons, Osman, who was the most sympathetic of those around her and gave her his sweets.
Among the crises that she also faced in her life, the late artist, Tahia Karioka, was imprisoned in 1953 following her marriage to Mustafa Kamal Sedky,
One of the Free Officers, who defected from them, was charged with promoting subversive principles and distributing pamphlets that were found in her apartment.
Carioca spent nearly 100 days in prison, until her innocence was proven following her husband admitted that she knew nothing regarding these publications.
Marie Elie Rosenthal, or Naila Kamel, one of the activists of the Egyptian left in the forties and fifties of the last century, says in her memoirs regarding three personalities
They influenced her during her 5-year detention, the first of which was the artist, Tahia Karioka, who said that she had a strong personality that made her the head of the prison.
She was protecting the female prisoners, taking care of everyone’s nutrition, and all the female prisoners went to her cell
She added, “She was also interested in exercise
Throughout her imprisonment, she was cohesive and did not shake from prison, and her presence made it easier for female prisoners, as she loved acting and dancing.
and poetry, and she always recited verses of Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi: If the people ever wanted life – then fate must respond.
Some sources stated that Tahia declared anger inside the prison due to the deteriorating conditions and cases of torture, until she visited the prison
The Human Rights Committee, and the warden was changed, and during her stay in prison she held an activity to eradicate the illiteracy of female prisoners.
As for the number of her marriages, it was 14, the most famous of which was from Dongwan Cinema, the Egyptian artist, Rushdi Abaza, and Tahia married many prominent men.
In the society at that time, headed by Muhammad Sultan Pasha, who was considered the largest of the wealthy in Egypt, the pilot of King Farouk, and she also married one of the king’s officers, Al-Bakbashi (Lieutenant Colonel) Mustafa Kamal Sedky,
As for the artistic community, she promoted the artist Muharram Fouad, the artist Ahmed Salem, the director Fateen Abdel Wahab, and the late playwright Fayez Halawa. As for her last husband, he was from the director Mohamed Abdel Salam, and the marriage continued until her death.