Ragaa and Awatef Youssef - Raqset Kharamana

A clip from the 1953 film Tariq Al Sadaah (The Way of Happiness) starring Kamal El Shenawy and actress Magda. This is a wedding scene and the dancers are sisters Ragaa and Awatef Youssef dancing to Raqset Kharamana. Ragaa and Awatef Youssef were circus performers who began their performing career in the Akef Circus and also in the El Helw Circus as acrobats. Ragaa appeared in many films as an actress and as a dancer. She formed her own film company in partnership with her husband. Awatef on the other hand, retired from show business quite young.