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Category:Almee

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 See also category: Ghawazee.
<nowiki>almea; アルメ; almée; Әлмея; Алмэ; Almea; алмея; almeo; альмея; almeh; Almeh; 알마; Almeh; عالمة; Алма; عالمه (رقاصه); bailarina femenina medioriental; danseuse, chanteuse et musicienne égyptienne de grande qualité; Kurtisanen, Tänzerinnen oder Unterhalterinnen in Ägypten; type of female entertainers in the Middle East; kvinnliga underhållare i traditionell egyptisk kultur; مغنية تحترف الرقص والغناء في الحفلات في مصر; танцюристка і повія в мусульманському Єгипті; genere di intrattenitrice egiziana; альме; альма; алмея; Almee; almées; almah; العالمة; almeh; almah; ʿālmeh; ʿālimah; almè</nowiki>
Almeh 
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Almeh was the name of a class of female entertainers in Arab Egypt. They were educated girls of good social standing, trained in dancing, singing and poetry, present at festivals and entertainments, and hired as mourners at funerals. In art and literature the terms Almee and Ghawazee are often used interchangeably.

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