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The Umm Kulthum song that became a 'national anthem' for many Arab countries

On October 29, 1956, Israel – with support from the UK and France – invaded Egypt with the objective of reopening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba. The invasion lasted nine days and resulted ...
NPR

50 years after her death, Paris pays homage to Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum

The music of one of the Arab world's greatest divas is still enthralling audiences in Paris, 50 years after her death. Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum died 50 years ago this week. She remains arguably the ...
Variety

Egyptian Director Marwan Hamed on Portraying the Arab World’s Greatest 20th-Century Performer Umm Kulthum and Why She’s Still ‘Influential’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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 ...
WUNC

50 years after her death, Paris pays homage to Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum

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.