Ighraa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ighraa

Syrian actress

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria

Profession: actor, dancer

Nationality: Syria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ighraa

  • Ighraa (Arabic: ?????), also is known as Igraa, (January 19, 1945) is a Syrian actress and belly dancer who reached her fame mostly in Syrian cinema of the 1970s. Born Nihad Alaeddin (Arabic: ???? ???? ?????), she left her native Syria with her elder sister for Egypt in 1958.
  • Trained under famous Egyptian belly dancer Tahiya Karioka, she was given the stage name Ighraa ("Temptation").
  • After appearing in various films and TV dramas in Egypt and later in Syria, she made her acting breakthrough with The Leopard (?????) by Nabil Maleh released in 1972.
  • Her scenes in the film were considered transgressive and caused widespread criticism, which was followed box office success.
  • After films such as Al-Mughamara (1974) and into the late 1970s, she chose a lower profile but has remained a symbol of "openness and liberalism that reigned in the Arab world during the 1960s and 70s."

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