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 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 ...
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 ...