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Private struggles and cultural impact of women behind golden age of Arab music and cinema in new exhibition
Diva: From Umm Kulthum to Dalida, showing at Beirut’s Sursock Museum, celebrates legendary singers, actresses and dancers ...
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The star of the east reimagined: A look at “El Sett”
Watching El Sett feels like stepping into a collective memory rather than simply watching a biopic. The film explores the life of the Star of the East, Umm Kulthum, tracing the most defining moments ...
This daring biopic is blowing up taboos by exploring the secret sexuality of a legendary Arab singer
To be fair, Kulthum was as close to royalty as a singer could get in a culture where women in the arts were still rare.
As part of strengthening cultural and artistic ties between the United Arab Emirates and the Arab Republic of Egypt, Cairo witnessed a notable cultural visit by His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin ...
Azza Fahmy Jewellery plays significant role in bringing her story to life on screen This December marks a major cultural moment with the release of El Sett, the highly anticipated film directed by ...
Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayyid al-Beltagi (Arabic: فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي), known as Umm Kalthoum (Arabic: أم كلثوم), also spelled Oum Kalsoum (or Om-e Kalsūm in Egyptian dialect) or sometimes Umm ...
In El Sett, the highly anticipated film honoring Umm Kulthum’s life, jewellery is far more than an accessory, it becomes a visual language that anchors us in the era and draws us closer to Egypt’s ...
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 ...
MARRAKESH (Morocco): 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, a legend in the Arab world. Marwan Hamed ...
Marrakesh (Morocco) (AFP) – 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, a legend in the Arab world.
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 ...
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