The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.
Nadia Lotfi
Badia Masabni
Kamal Al-Shenawy
Ismail Bey Tolba
Fouad Al-Mohandes
Naguib Al-Rihani
Nabila Obeid
Bba Ezzedine
Hussein al-Imam
Anton
Emad Hamdy
Ismail's father
Nisreen
Badia Masabni's adopted daughter
Shafiq Galal
Amal Ramzi
The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.
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