Being egypts first ever case of serial killings, the police is relentless and assigns the. Prior to coming to live in alexandria, sakina was a young prostitute working at a brothel where she met abdul. With anwar wagdi, negma ibrahim, farid shawqi, shukri sarhan. For a thorough history of the case see alahram weekly, june 1999. Raya and sakina s victims were always women wearing a significant amount of jewelry.
It is an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide on serial killers, mass murders, spree killers and related topics on wikipedia. The showroom in london and the institute of modern art brisbane, the sleepwalkers is a filmplay redramatising the story of raya and sakina, the infamous. Seifs story, raya and sekina continue to cause trouble. Dramatic rendition of a real life crime wave that terrorized the city of alexandria, egypt, between the years 1920 and 1922. Based on the true story of raya and sakina, egypts most infamous serial killers.
Jln raya argopeni, depan sd almadina, telp wa 081905082008. Join facebook to connect with raya wa sakina and others you may know. They, their husbands, and two other men began killing women in the labban neighborhood of alexandria in the early 1900s. Raya and sakina raya wa sakina 1983 younes shalaby. The sisters fled upper egypt to settle in a slum in the costal city of alexandria. Raya and sakina and their husbands were tried for murder. The saga of raya and sakina, sisters who killed and robbed at least 17 women in early 20thcentury egypt, still inspires films, plays and books. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project andor contribute to the. The saga of raya and sakina, sisters who killed and robbed at least 17 women in early. The theatrical show raya we sakina min tani raya and sakina again launched on aug. They began killing women in alexandria in the early 20th century. The police were plagued by increasing reports of missing women. During the 20s azooz dreams of becoming a famous actor so he and his girlfriend decide to imitate the famous female serial killers raya and skina so they could save some money for his dream. Raya and sakina are the perpetrators of one of the most heinous murders in modern egyptian history.
They kidnap the women and kill them by the help of two men who are called abd al aal and hasab allah. This article is part of the serial killer task force, a work group of wikiproject crime. It is nearly impossible to find an egyptian or arabian who has never heard of raya and sakina. A film from the 1985 theatrical production raya wa sakina, with ahmed badr and abed almoneim madbuli.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Join our community of music lovers just now to flow with the music and make our shared music collection even more complete and exciting. You are trying to download raya wa sakina short 2shared. Raya and sakina opted to start a public house business in their homes after their partners lost their jobs in the cotton industry following the economic crisis arising from the world war i outbreak. Raya is a private, membershipbased club where members can connect for dating, networking, or to find new friends. Watch intro watch episode 1 watch episode 2 watch episode 3 watch episode 4 watch. Discovery of the crime raya and sakina as an inspiration for media mohammed abdelaal entering the realm of popular culture and becoming a source of inspiration for works in various mediums. Actress badria tolba expressed her happiness for the success of the play, assuring the press that this success is a great motivation to perform more elaborate performances. On may 16, 1921, the court issued the death sentence against raya and sakina, their husbands and two thugs who had taken part in the actual murders of the 17 women. Raya and sakina egypts most infamous female serial. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The first was the discovery of a sekiina woman lying in the street, very close to a home where a man, digging to find a damaged water pipe, discovered a number of female human sefie.
Our engineers are working quickly to resolve the issue. What is known is that raya and sakina, with the assistance of their spouses, operated a drug and prostitution ring in the labban district of alexandria. Women are disappearing without a trace in what looked. Rumah sakinah home stay jln raya argopeni, depan sd. The trial of raya and sakina lasted three days, from may 10th to the 12th in 1921. Raya and sakina are remembered as if they were characters in. Raya wa sekina during ww2, an oasis village is being under selina every now and then by a group of robbers, led by a marshal.
The sisters serial killers raya and sakina mysterybf1. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. This page was last edited on 17 august 2018, at 19. Raya and sakina 1953 is a crime, drama movie starring negma ibrahim and zouzou hamdy elhakim. This app is available only on the app store for iphone and ipad. Raya and sakina are two personalities that have roused contradictory opinions as some consider them thugs whereas others consider them heroines in the face.
They then turned into criminals by murdering women to steal their jewel. The trial of raya and sakina lasted three days, from may 10 th to the 12 th in 1921. Women are disappearing without a trace in what looked like the work of a serial killer. In the music video i posted about earlier, egyptian singer shams song ahlan ezayek, shams in one scene plays the part of sakina and raya. In the register of gender relations, raya wa sekina provokes. It was so easy a job and the profits so huge, when one seroes the oriental value placed on the life of a mere woman, the original investment in this instance, that sekina directly had the notion of going into strangulation as a steady business. Any taxi driver, businessman, or schoolchild above the age of twelve can recall at least something about these two sisters, who were executed on december 1921 for the murder of. The sisters fled upper egypt to settle in a slum in the coastal city of alexandria. Raya and sakina were two egyptian serial killers, known as egypts most infamous serial killers. Accepted members will have the option to purchase 1 or 6 month, autorenewing memberships. Join facebook to connect with raya sakina and others you may know.
They then turned into criminals by murdering women to steal their jewelry through attracting the victims to their home by a. The true original story about raya and skina the famous egyptian women serial killers in modern history. With younes shalaby, sherihan, hassan abdin, naima al soghayar. The play revolves around two sisters called raya and sakina who are serial killers.
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