More than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away, the same music poured out of Baghdad's own Umm Kulthum cafe -- open since 1970, five years before the singer's death at 76 plunged the Arab world into ...

At the end of Shakira’s 2006 tour, after more than an hour of witnessing her performance, the audience falls into a stillness ...

Umm Kulthum obviously is the Arab world’s greatest ... It’s not only about her success in music, but also: How did she become a female icon? That is really what the film is about.

In Egypt, the Umm Kulthum Music and Singing Festival was inaugurated in her birthplace, Tamai al-Zahiriya, and will continue throughout February with musical performances in various governorates ...

She gave people dignity in the face of this trauma. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) BEARDSLEY: Putting on an Umm Kulthum record from his own collection, Boudjellal describes how some sold their valuables to ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman. "As long as ...

Cairo (AFP) – Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman.