The Ministry of Culture announced free entry into Oum Kalthoum Museum for a week starting 3 February on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Star of the Orient’s death. Oum Kalthoum, one of the ...

Literature essayist Sayyed Mahmoud gave a talk this month on two legendary Egyptian figures who were both born in December novelist Naguib Mahfouz and singer Oum Kalthoum While the last month of the ...

To go along with my A&E cover story on shopping for international CDs in small ethnic stores across Portland, I'm posting a track today by the incomparable Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum.* I've posted ...

The Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris is holding a special exhibit on the leading women in the Arab art secene over the past century. The exhibit started on May 19 and will go on until September 26.

One of the most legendary figures in Arabic music has the first official compilation of his work-- made in the mid-1970s-- released in the West. Save this story Save this story Oum Kalthoum, Abdel ...

Streaming platforms for Oum Kalthoum, la voix du Caire haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

It's hard to overstate the importance of Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum in 20th century music -- when she died in 1975, 4 million people attended her funeral. Though she's passed on, she remains one of ...

The Arab World Institute in Paris welcome “Divas from Oum Kalthoum to Dalida”. Running from May 19 to July 25, 2021, the compelling exhibition displays the greatest female Arab artists in the 20th ...