The Belly Dancer and the Politician (, translit. Al Raqisa wa Al Siyasy) is an Egyptian film released in 1990. Plot Based on a novel by Ihsan Abdel Quddous, the film discusses the eternal conflict of power and authority, symbolized by the love affair between a politician and a belly dancer, revealing the corruption of a system where it becomes difficult to decide which has more integrity, the politician or the dancer. Cast Nabila Ebeid Salah Kabil Farouk Falawkas Ahmed Akl Fatima Fouad Nora Charles Suhair Tawfik Najwa Rabie Enas Shalaby Mervat el-Shennawy Hamdi Salam Saleh al-Aweel External links IMDb page El Cinema page Archive of El Film page References