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Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized by combining Eastern dancing and Western dances, as Samia Gamal focused in her dance in providing a state of fascination for the spectators through clothing, music and lighting.

Samia Gamal in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)

She participated in a dancing scene for three minutes in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0047641/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Valley of the Kings (1954)</a>.

Her mother died when she was only eight years old.

Enjoyed an 11 year relationship with Farid al-Atrash but the couple never legally married.

Retired in the early 1970s but later returned again to dancing in the mid-1980s. She retired again until her death on December 1, 1994.

Had a starring role in the French film <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0046695/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)</a>.

Called the &quot;Egyptian Ginger Rogers&quot;.

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