In my recent salon class on global divas, I featured a song called “Ala Baladi Elmahboub” which translates as “to my beloved country” from a 1936 Egyptian classic film called Widad. Umm Kulthum (her ...

Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum died 50 years ago this week. She remains arguably the most influential Arab singer in and outside the Arab world. In Paris, there were three days of concerts to pay homage.

The late artist Chant Avedissian depicted Umm Kulthum in pop-art style for his piece “Sett El Kol” in the 1990s. Artwork supplied by the Estate of both Chant Avedissian and Sabrina Amrani. The ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman. "As long as ...

“When you listen to Umm Kulthum, you just can’t stand still. The song gets inside you and makes you move and then you understand the meaning. The song makes you so happy that you feel you’re dancing ...

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CAIRO — Legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum will feature in a hologram concert in Cairo next week, the city's opera house director said Saturday. The hologram projection of the Arab diva — dubbed ...