Aabed has never ceased succumbing to her charms. “I am crazy about Oum Kalthoum. Not only because of her musical talents, but because she symbolises a happy past,” he says. An aeronautic engineer in ...

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 ...

Conducted by Alaa Abdelsalam and accompanied by singers Rehab Omar and Eman Abdel-Ghani, the Cairo Opera Arab Music Orchestra celebrates Oum Kalthoum.

Saudi Arabia held a hologram-based concert for late Egyptian diva Oum Kalthoum on 25 January as part of it’s Winter at Tantora Festival. The concert featured the Sounds of Egypt Orchestra, which began ...

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.

The golden age of Arab cinema and music of the 20th century is being revisited through its female stars — women who became powerful symbols of feminism, Arab independence and identity. Through film ...

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 has been 40 years since an estimated four million people paid their last respects to the “Lady of Arab singing,” Umm Kalthoum, who died on 3 February 1975. The death of the most prominent of all ...