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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 ...

Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, best known internationally for groundbreaking epic “The Yacoubian Building,” more recently shot “El Set,” a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum, who is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced a retrospective devoted to hit-making Egyptian director Marwan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled a Marwan Hamed retrospective for its 2026 edition, “in celebration ...

The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up. Egyptian Singer Umm Kulthum Still Enthralls, Fifty Years After Her Death The musical ...

It took Egyptian actor Mona Zaki more than a year’s preparation to take on the hardest role of her career — the iconic singer Umm Kulthum. It took Mona Zaki more than a year's preparation to take on ...

"All Arabs agree," reads The Rough Guide to World Music. "Umm Kulthum is indisputably the Arab world's greatest singer." The name Umm Kulthum may not strike a chord to Western ears, but she was a ...

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled a Marwan Hamed retrospective for its 2026 edition, "in celebration of the prolific Egyptian director's career." The upcoming edition of ...

It took Mona Zaki more than a year's preparation to take on the hardest role of her career -- portraying Umm Kulthum, the Arab world's most iconic singer — Abdel Majid BZIOUAT It took Egyptian actor ...