Om Kalthoum

Last June, a famous olive oil soap “fossil” from the brand Nabolsy Shahin was exhibited in a vitrine at the…

It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to…

The Culture Ministry and Egyptian Writers Union on Sunday condemned two acts of vandalism on two Egyptian statues, one of…

On the last night of Ramadan, my brother and I would anxiously wait for Eid, when we would get to…

In the mountainous Lebanese village of Qurnet al-Hamra is a musicians’ haven: a state-of-the-art studio specialized in digitizing, researching and…

On Tuesday evening, an image of a young Om Kalthoum highlighted the screen of al-Hanager Theater’s stage. Musical instruments sat…

If virtuoso violinist and composer Abdo Dagher were Japanese, he would have been declared a national treasure. As it is,…

Walking down Abul Feda Street in Zamalek, I always pass by the Om Kalthoum Hotel. But this time my curiosity…

It takes a lot of courage to perform in front of an audience of mostly strangers—a fact that, given the…