Zeinat Olwi () whose stage name was Zurah, (1930–1988) was one of the leading belly dancers in Egypt in the middle of the twentieth century. She appeared in many movies from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema. One of her most famous performances was in Henry Barakat's 1955 movie Ayyam wa layali (Days and Nights).

Anglicizations of her name

Her given name is anglicized variously as Zeinat, Zinat, Zinaat, and Zenat. Her surname is variously given as Olwi, Elwi, Aloui.

Zeinat Olwi

Filmography

Ayyam wa layali (Days and Nights) (1955) El-Zawga Talattashar (Wife Number 13) Karamat Zawgaty (My Wife's Dignity) (1967) Sabah El Kheir ya Zawgaty El-Aziza (Good Morning, My Dear Wife) (1969)

Zeinat Olwi

References

External links

video clips for Zeinat Olwi in Egyptian movies

1930 births

1988 deaths

Egyptian film actresses

Egyptian female dancers

Belly dancers

20th-century Egyptian actresses

Zeinat Olwi