مجلة الممثل المصرية, بديعة مصابني Arabic #2 Badia Masabni Belly Dancer Egyptian Magazine 1926

Title: Al-Momassel (الممثل - The Actor)
Date: 1926
No. 2
Year: First year, السنة الأولى.
Type: Original. Cinema, Art and celebrity magazine. Hard to find.
Printed in Egypt.
Approximate size 8 1/2x12 INCHES Approx. 23x30cm.
Number of pages: 16
Condition: Acceptable. The original rear cover is missing and married from another copy. Curling along front cover upper left corner. This magazine was previously bound into a volume by a former owner, and shows wear and paper loss to the spine from removal from that binding. Internally clean and complete.
Note: Badia Masabni was a prominent singer, actress, and businesswoman who revolutionized oriental dance by modernizing its choreography and costumes for the stage. In the 1920s, she opened her famous cabaret, "Casino Opera" (also known as Badia’s Casino), in Cairo, which became a cultural hub and launched the careers of stars like Samia Gamal and Taheyya Kariokka. Beyond dance, she was a celebrated theater actress and appeared in several early Egyptian films. She was married to the legendary Egyptian comedian and playwright Naguib el-Rihani, though they famously separated in 1926, the same year this magazine was published.