When walking through Luxor Market, you are likely to hear the voice of Umm Kulthum emanate from Umm Kulthum Café, one of the market’s distinctive landmarks that has attracted tourists for more than 80 ...

“Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum, the most accomplished singer ...

Berlin-based The Match Factory has taken world sales on New York-based Iranian artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat’s “Looking for Umm Kulthum,” a feature film centered on Egyptian singer-actress and ...

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One of the most indomitable singing voices of the Arab world has come back to life Umm Kulthum. While you’re almost assuredly aware of the name, for the uninitiated she was a singer and performer that ...

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Cairo (AFP) – 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.

“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 ...

The late artist Chant Avedissian depicted Umm Kulthum in pop-art style for his piece El Sett El Kol in the early 1990s. Photo courtesy of the Estate of Chant Avedissian and Sabrina Amrani The ...

She is American, speaks little Arabic, and has never been to Egypt. But Jennifer Grout, 23, has wowed Middle Eastern audiences by reaching the final of Arabs Got Talent – the spin-off of the British ...