The Belly Dancer and the Politician

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The Belly Dancer and The Politician
الراقصة والسياسي
Directed by
Written byIhsan Abdel Quddous
Starring
Music byMuhammed Sultan
Production
companies
Screen 2000 Cinema and Video
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

The Belly Dancer and the Politician (Egyptian Arabic: الراقصة والسياسي, translit. Al Raqisa wa Al Siyasy) is an Egyptian film released in 1990.

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Based on a novel by Ihsan Abdel Quddous, the film discusses the eternal conflict of power and authority, symbolized by the love affair between a politician and a belly dancer, revealing the corruption of a system where it becomes difficult to decide which has more integrity, the politician or the dancer.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Al-Basri, Dawood (April 6, 2011). "الثورة المصرية.. الراقصة و السياسي". Elaph. Retrieved 31 July 2022.