Jamal Twins Collection

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האחיות ג'מאל (אלפרט): ברטה (2016-1932) והלנה (1992-1930), רקדניות בטן, מכוכבות הבידור הגדולות ביותר במצרים. בסוף שנות הארבעים והחמישים הם כיכבו בסרטים מצריים רבים וסיירו ברחבי המזרח הרחוק. האוסף כולל תצלומים מסיורי ההופעות שלהן בשנות החמישים.

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Reference Code
V 3597 Jamal Twins Collection
Dates
1951-2005
Consists of
0.3 meters.
Languages
English; Arabic;
Description
The collection consists of photographs (almost all black & white original silver prints) showing Jamal Twins, mainly from their world tour in the 1950s Newspaper clippings in various languages, mainly in English, French, Arabic and Chinese, collected from the press published in the countries where the Jamal Sisters showed Original pair of Sagat - a small cymbal-like finger instrument which was used by the Jamal Twins while dancing.
Title
Jamal Twins Collection.
Additional Titles
כותרת בעברית: אוסף האחיות ג'מאל.
Citation Note
V. 3597 Jamal Twins Collection, Archives Department, The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item
Jamal Twins Collection
Level of Description
Fonds Record
Biographical summary
Berthe Reeman (Lys Jamal) was born on November 2, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Jewish family. Her father, Fishl Alpert, was a musician who emigrated from Austria. Both, Berthe and her older sister, Helena (Lyn, born in 1930) received musical education and ballet classes. Their talent as belly dancers brought them to the stages of the Cairo nightclubs, where they gained a great deal of success in early age. They were known as "The Jamal Twins", "The Jamal Sisters" or: "Lyn and Lys". During the late 1940s and 1950s they starred in many Egyptian films and toured all over the Far East. In 1958, after a successful tour in India, receiving a message they are wanted by the Egyptian police, they immigrated with their mother, Jeanine Alpert, to USA. During the early 1960s, they stopped gradually their public performances and concentrated in teaching Belly dancing and choreography. Lyn died in Long Island, New York, in 1992. Her sister, Berthe-Lys Reeman died in 2016 in Sherman, Connecticut.
Ownership history
This collection was permanently deposited at the National Library of Israel in April 2017 by Mr. David Marks, through his daughter, Ms. Shelly Abrahami.
Language Note
The materials in this collection are in English, French, Arabic and Chinese.
National Library system number
990043645100205171

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Berthe Rheeman 1932-2016 (Creator of the collection), Jamal Twins Collection, 1951-2005, סימול V 3597 Jamal Twins Collection, Jamal Twins Collection.