Little Egypt (dancer)

Little Egypt was the stage name for three popular belly dancers. They had so many imitators, the name became synonymous with belly dancers generally.

Fahreda Mazar Spyropoulos, (c. 1871 - April 5, 1937), also performing under the stage name Fatima, appeared at the "Street in Cairo" exhibition on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893. In 1898 Mark Twain had a near fatal heart attack watching Farida go through her paces.

Ashea Wabe (born Catherine Devine (1871 - January 3, 1908) danced at the Seeley banquet in New York in 1896, enjoying a fleeting succès de scandale.

Fatima Djemille (died March 14, 1921) appeared at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

Fahreda Mazar Spyropoulos

In the lobby of the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona hangs a larger-than-life sized painting entitled "Fatima". The original painting is of Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, a belly dancer who went by the stage name of Fatima. She played at the Bird Cage in 1881 before leaving to perform at the Chicago Worlds Fair where she made quite the scene and then went on to perform in Europe under the stage name Little Egypt. This painting was a gift from her to the theatre and has hung in the same spot since 1882. It has six patched bullet holes - one can be seen above the belly button and a knife gash in the canvas below the knee.