Dunia

A young, free-spirited dancer and student of Arabic poetry falls in love with her thesis supervisor while trapped in a relationship with a man who disapproves of her dancing.

Cast

Hanan Turk

as Dunia

Mohamed Mounir

as Beshir

Aaidah Riyadh

as Inayate

Fathy Abdel Wahab

as Mamdouh

Sawsan Badr

as Arwa

Soraya Ibrahim

Aziza Rashid

Nashwa Al Arabi

Khaled El Sawy

as Hazem

Youssef Ismail

as Antar

Reviews

aya zein nassar

That's the real title, whomever submitted it for IMDb, must have shortened it. Anyways, Egyptian superstar Hanane Turk stars as sultry Dunia, a young woman who is sexually repressed according to society and this inhibits everything she does. One day she auditions for an oriental dance competition...

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