PHOTO CREDIT: Above photo by John Rickman Photography, San Jose, California.

The source for this advertisement did not identify the date it appeared or the publication. Because it mentions that Fantazio was the business formerly in that location, it seems likely this ad may have appeared in one of the early years that Badia used that location, sometime between 1930 and 1933. (A 1933 ad mentioned the club was located in the former Fantazio.)

ABOUT THE PHOTO: The location of the former Fantazio was at a Cairo landmark known as the Blind Bridge or the English Bridge. This photo shows that bridge.

Click on the image below to see the advertisement in more detail.

Top Two Lines

Several views and pictures of the new dances that are presented every night at Casino Badia (formerly the Fantazio)

Caption Under the First Picture

Mary,
Fathya Sherif,
Fathya Fouad,
Sara,
Badia Masabni,
Kiki,
Kawsar,
Amina Mohamed,
Shafiqua Ahmed,
Nena.....

As they appear in The Rumba Fiesta Dance, a monologue written by El Oustaz Amin Sadek. Photograph by Mouti3.

[Editor's Note: Click here to see the first photo in more detail.]

Caption Under the Second Picture

Badia Masabni,
Kiki,
Sara,
Fathya Fouad,
Kawsar,
Amina Mohamed,
Fathya Sherif,
Shafika Ahmed,
Nena,
Mary....

As they appear in the dabke dance.

[Editor's Note: Click here to see the second photo in more detail.]

Caption on Both Sides of the Third Picture

Fathya Sherif,
Sara,
Badia Masabni,
Kiki,
Fathya Fouad,
Shafika Ahmed...

in the monologue One Heart is Not Enough written by Abou el Se3oud El Ebiary.

[Editor's Note: Click here to see the third photo in more detail.]

• About the English Bridge. Background information about the English Bridge and the Cairo tradition of moving the theater groups to different locations for the summer.

• Articles and Advertisements Featuring Badia Masabni and Her Businesses. An index to other resources on this web site.

Priscilla is a dancer of Lebanese heritage who enjoys researching the Golden Era of Egyptian dance. She owns a collection of more than one hundred classic black and white Egyptian films which is continually expanding.

Priscilla has also gathered a large library of dance related articles and clippings from Middle Eastern magazines and newspapers, many of which she has translated from the original Arabic to both English and Spanish.

Priscilla currently resides in Central America where she is a dance instructor.