Legend has said (not verified) that Little Egypt was to have scandalized and delighted visitors when she danced at the 1893 Colombian Exposition's Egyptian Theater for the infamous Sol Bloom, who was the entertainment director of the Expo and the person who coined the Misnomer "belly dance," (correct term is Raks Skarki) which was known prior to many Americans as the Hootchy-Kootchy dance. he song that made her famous was " The Streets of Cairo" and is said that that song gave rise to Hootchy-Kootchy. There were many "dancing girls" in this theater but "Fatima" aka "Little Egypt" was said to have stood out. Anthony Comstock tried to shut the Expo's midway dance hall down, but only made it more popular.

She became talk of the town and made frontpage news in December of 1896 after she danced for Fifth Avenue, NY's "Seeley bachelor party" which was raided by the vice squad. It is said that because of her infamous dance in Chicago, Little Egypt changed Vaudeville into Burlesque with her "striptease," as many promoters

tried to cash in on her (or its) popularity, although today, it is said (like Gypsy Rose Lee) she NEVER actually STRIPPED, only teased.

   Farida started travelling the circuit and by 1897 was dancing on Broadway. Many years later, many people would claim to be the famed "Little Egypt," trying to cash in on her fame, but they were not and today, most agree it was Farida. Some have even went so far as to claim they were her daughters or even granddaughters, however Farida never had any children.