On Tuesday evening, an image of a young Om Kalthoum highlighted the screen of al-Hanager Theater’s stage. Musical instruments sat untouched before the start of the show. Almost everyone in the packed ...

Sometime in the mid-1960s, an Egyptian dancer made an audacious attempt to do the impossible: belly dance to Om Kalthoum’s songs. At the time, Om Kalthoum herself was gradually moving from her more ...

Lately, Saudi cultural channel Al-Thaqafiya TV, aired an ad about the return of legendary star of the orient Om Kalthoum to Saudi Arabia. This is after 45 years of her passing away. It might have ...

On the last night of Ramadan, my brother and I would anxiously wait for Eid, when we would get to wear our new clothes lying on our beds’ footboards — a tradition that comes from the prophetic Sunnah ...

A Cairo puppet theatre is paying homage to the legacy of one of the greatest personalities of Arab song - Om Kalthoum. On the first Thursday of every month at El Sakia puppet theatre, 10 professional ...