This scene is from the 1942 film Ali Baba Wi El Arb3een Harami (Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves) starring the legendary Egyptian theater actor Ali Kasar in the role of Ali Baba The Woodcutter and Ismael Yassin as his assitant. In this scene Ali Baba and his assistant have been brought before the leader of the thieves who confuses Ali Baba with a notorious criminal named Abou 3aram. The leader of the thieves is a great admirer of Abou 3aram so he orders for a celebration to be held in honor of his supposed "colleague" in crime. He calls for the dancing girls to entertain them. Ismael Yassin sings a humorous song full of double meanings about the confusion of identity.
This is one of several clips that I have of Egyptian dancers using swords as props, two of those clips are from films about Ali Baba so the swords are in keeping with the story. It is worth noting that the dancers in this scene are wearing coin hipscarves. Some of them are wearing fringed hipscarves. The use of coin or fringe scarves in Egypt goes back at least to the 1920s…and perhaps even further.
This is one of several clips that I have of Egyptian dancers using swords as props, two of those clips are from films about Ali Baba so the swords are in keeping with the story. It is worth noting that the dancers in this scene are wearing coin hipscarves. Some of them are wearing fringed hipscarves. The use of coin or fringe scarves in Egypt goes back at least to the 1920s…and perhaps even further.
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