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Club List --- Dancer List

 
   

Club List

Phone numbers are all land-line and when dialed from outside Cairo with the prefix 02, from inside Cairo they are dialed as is.
  • Parisiana Nightclub Lucy

  • Sunset Cabaret- Aziza, Shakira, Shams

  • VIP Cabaret, Nabila Cairo- Safinez, Aziza

11-20-13- Leila Farid's note: Some more Cabarets that are working in Harem Street-Lido, Hormoheb, Tivoli, Aish al Bolbol, El Leil.
*Cabarets now have house bands.  The dancer does not bring her own band with her.

 
 

The Dancer List

-updated by Leila 1-28-09,
[see individual club listing for a more update information]

Licensed dancers working in Restaurants, Boats or Cabarets in Cairo:

  • Aziza (Egyptian)-Sunset, other Cabarets

  • Kariman (Egyptian)-Haram Street

  • Leila Farid (American/Egyptian)-Nile Maxim Cruise

  • Lucy (Egyptian)-Parisiana (by special request)

  • Luna (American)-Memphis Boat

  • Magda Monti (Argentina)-Nile Pharon boat

  • Mona Ghazi (Hungary)-Nile Pharon boatGrand Hyat

  • Nagwan (Egyptian)- Cabaret

  • Nesma (Egyptian)-Nile Maxim Cruise

  • Noura (Egyptian)-Nile Maxim Cruise

  • Safinaz (Russian)-VIP Nabila Cairo

  • Shams (Egyptian)-Sunset, other Cabarets

  • Shakira (Egyptian)-Sunset, other Cabarets

  • Soroya (Brazilian, Egyptian)-City Stars Fairooz Restaurant

 


Leila
   

 

Downtown Cairo

Grand Hyatt Boat

Official name- Baccarat Cruise on the Nile
Street Address-

Corniche
PO BOx 2288

district, town

Garden City, Roda Island, Cairo

Phone Number

-365-1234
Fax:(+20 2) 3621 927

Contact:

 

Hours:

Dinner Cruise 2 cruises nightly, 7:30 & 10 pm

Food:

set price includes Arabic/Intercontinental buffet and entertainment but not drinks or tip

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

 

Dancing days:

Folklore Show only

Stage Type:

raised

Musicians:

 

Dancers:

 

Parking Tips:

valet

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13

 

 

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Nile Maxim Boat

Street Address-

in front of the Marriot Hotel

district, town

Zamalek

Phone Number

737-1486

Contact:

 

Hours:

 

Food:

Oriental and continental buffet

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

One base price, pay extra for drinks and tips.

Dancing days:

 

Stage Type:

Raised stage near the buffet for the band, dancer performs on wood dance floor in front of them at same level as dining tables.

Musicians:

 

Dancers:

Leila (USA), Joana (Portugal), Randa (Egyptian)

Parking Tips:
 

VERY limited street parking

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13


Shira's article about the Nile Maxim in 2004

Haram Street District

The "Haram District" is same as "Pyramid Street." It includes 5 or more clubs, including: El Layo (sp?), Parisian, Andaloos and more

Haram Street

(more a district than a single venue)
Street Address-

 

district, town
 

Haram or Pyramid Street

Phone Number

 

Contact:

 

Hours:

 

Food:

 

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

 

Dancing days:

 

Stage Type:

 

Musicians:

 

Dancers:

Nancy (Egyptian), Fatima (Egyptian), Amar (Syrian), Dandesh (Egyptian)

Parking Tips:

 

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13

Parisiana Haram Mohera

Street Address-

 

district, town

Haram or Pyramid Street

Phone Number

383-3911/383-9711

Contact:

 

Hours:

 

Food:

 

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

 

Dancing days:

 

Stage Type:

 

Musicians:

 

Dancers:

Lucy (Egyptian)

Parking Tips:

 

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13

Other Areas

See Shira's article on the Parisiana in 2004

Intercontinental Citystars
Fairooz Restaurant

Street Address-

 

district, town

Nasser City, Cairo

Phone Number

480-0100 / 480-0200

Contact:

 

Hours:

6 or 7 nights a week?

Food:

 

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

minimum includes Lebanese meal ex. tip and drinks

Dancing days:

Thursday nights only

Stage Type:

Slightly raised stage

Musicians:

Lebanese singers before and after dancer, Band brought by dancer

Dancers:

Soraya (Brazil)

Parking Tips:

Parking garage or valet

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13

 

Nile Pharoan

Street Address-

138 El Nil St. Giza, Giza

district, town

Giza, next to the river

Phone Number

570-1000

Contact:

www.thepharaohs.com.eg/

Hours:

1 cruise each evening if they have reservations

Food:

Oriental and continental buffet

Minimum Order or Cover Charge:

One base price, pay extra for drinks and tips

Dancing days:

 

Stage Type:

Dance floor surrounded on 3 sides by dining tables

Musicians:

 

Dancers:

Magda Monti, Mona Ghazi

Parking Tips:

VERY limited street parking

Last updated:

Leila Farid, 11-20-13



Dunia dancing on the Pharaon Boat in 2006
photo by Leyla Lanty

Notice all the non-native dancers in the Cairo clubs?
Check out our list and timeline of this development.

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