Hala Elsafi- Egyptian Saidi Dancer

Amr Aziz Rayes Metkal and his ex-wife, the most famous and the prettiest Egyptian dancer Hala Elsaffi, in one of the most known dances of the Saidi folklore Bulas Dance or the dance of the clay pot.

This dance is from the Egyptian movie Al Ahdan Al Dafeaah p- The warm hugs..... 1974

    Her real name is Sohair Hassen Abedin, born on September 17th, 1952, Alexandria, Egypt. Her father is captain Hassen Abedin, one of the most famous soccer players in Egypt for the Al- Ettihad team of Alexanderia. 

      Unlike most dancers who were coming from the poor class or had difficult circumstances, Hala was from a wealthy class and graduated from Victoria College International School, but she didn't complete her university education as she was accepted into Alexandria university, the Faculty of Arts, Department of French Language and Literature, due to her preoccupation with her work as a dancer and then as an actress in Egyptian cinema.

      In 1972, she traveled to Paris with the National Folk Arts Troupe, and on the same EgyptAir plane, she met the Egyptian folk art star, Metqal, who was traveling with the same troupe. In the streets of Paris, a love story was born between them, and he proposed to her, and she agreed without hesitation, but in 1978, she got divorced because of his multiple marriages, she asked for divorce.

      In 1986, she retired from dancing and acting, and in 1988, she remarried from an Egyptian doctor. A year later, she gave birth to her only son Karim. 

Her filmography includes 14 films, most of which were successful.