A look at prices

Kharmine · 12-28-2007, 02:25 AM

Forgot to post this earlier --- found this article in the archives of Al-Ahram Weekly about what it costs to hire the top local entertainment for a wedding in Cairo. I dunno what the currency translates to, but I suspect it's a lot! Dig what dancers like Fifi get (or got, this was from 2001):

Al-Ahram Weekly | Time out | Open buffet

KuteNurse · 12-28-2007, 02:52 AM

YIKES! I do not know what the amount is either, but I am guessing Fifi is quite well off doing those shows.

Kashmir · 12-28-2007, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by KuteNurse

YIKES! I do not know what the amount is either, but I am guessing Fifi is quite well off doing those shows.

Don'y forget you're also paying for a full orchestra! On top of that big stars have huge costs with costumes - they change them often. One we saw in Cairo was over $10 000!

Shanazel · 12-28-2007, 05:14 AM

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I dunno what the currency translates to,

Does LE stands for Egyptian pounds? One US dollar is about 5.5 Egyptian pounds. One Euro is about 8 Egyptian pounds. So FiFi would make roughly $2200 USD or 1500 Euros. (I rounded up- silly me, I did the math on paper before I realized the calculator would do it for me. Duh.)
XE.com - Universal Currency Converter (currency calculator)

Aisha Azar · 12-28-2007, 01:48 PM

Dear Gang,
In the 1990s, Lucy was puling down about $25,000 a night, according to a National Geographic television special on Egypt during that time. She paid the band and her singers and do-woppers out of that, but she was still pretty darn rich. Fifi is the highest paid dancer ever, according to Al-Ahram in some article I read a few years ago. At one time, Soheir Zaki and other dancers were charged a retroactive entertainment tax of some sort and Ms. Zaki owed something like 1 million Egyptian pounds. She was not amused.
Regards,
A'isha

12-28-2007, 02:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kharmine V.I.P. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Foot of the Rocky Mountains Posts: 1,248	A look at prices Forgot to post this earlier --- found this article in the archives of Al-Ahram Weekly about what it costs to hire the top local entertainment for a wedding in Cairo. I dunno what the currency translates to, but I suspect it's a lot! Dig what dancers like Fifi get (or got, this was from 2001): Al-Ahram Weekly \| Time out \| Open buffet __________________ What if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?

12-28-2007, 01:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aisha Azar V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 4,460	Pay scale Dear Gang, In the 1990s, Lucy was puling down about $25,000 a night, according to a National Geographic television special on Egypt during that time. She paid the band and her singers and do-woppers out of that, but she was still pretty darn rich. Fifi is the highest paid dancer ever, according to Al-Ahram in some article I read a few years ago. At one time, Soheir Zaki and other dancers were charged a retroactive entertainment tax of some sort and Ms. Zaki owed something like 1 million Egyptian pounds. She was not amused. Regards, A'isha

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KuteNurse V.I.P. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Duluth, Minnesota Posts: 2,969	YIKES! I do not know what the amount is either, but I am guessing Fifi is quite well off doing those shows.