These two excerpts from the documentary film, "Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt," show the power and nuance of the great singer's voice. Umm Kulthum sings a love song composed by one of her rivals.

“Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum, the most accomplished singer ...

“Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum, the most accomplished singer ...

When Turkish singer Arif Altunkaya first heard Umm Kulthum’s voice at the age of 19, it stopped him cold. “I remember thinking, if what we’re making is music, then what is this?” Altunkaya said, ...

I did not really understand Umm Kulthum's mystique. That's because I grew up in the U.S. listening to Bob Dylan records with my dad, who came here from Syria as a young graduate student. For his part, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to El Sett, which translates as “the lady”, chronicling the life of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. It is the ...

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 ...

The late artist Chant Avedissian depicted Umm Kulthum in pop-art style for his piece El Sett El Kol in the early 1990s. Photo courtesy of the Estate of Chant Avedissian and Sabrina Amrani The ...

When walking through Luxor Market, you are likely to hear the voice of Umm Kulthum emanate from Umm Kulthum Café, one of the market’s distinctive landmarks that has attracted tourists for more than 80 ...

Forty-three years have passed since the death of Umm Kulthum, dubbed “the planet of the east”. However, she is still sitting on her throne as the most prominent female Arab singer. She is often ...