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 ...

The Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris is holding a special exhibit on the leading women in the Arab art secene over the past century. The exhibit started on May 19 and will go on until September 26.

Franco-Lebanese trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf was the first instrumentalist in 29 years to win the top "Victoires de la musique" French world music award in 2014. He's reached star status here in ...

Funeral of Umm Kulthum, 1975. Middle East Broadcasting Center. Public domain. This is a response to HAU Hebbel am Ufer's statement regarding the criticism surrounding their event "Diva: Celebrating ...

Arabic popular music produced several divas in the 20th century, with each blessed with a powerful distinctive voice. Some of them included the "Egyptian Immortal" Oum Kalthoum, who dominated Arabic ...

The Arab World Institute in Paris welcome “Divas from Oum Kalthoum to Dalida”. Running from May 19 to July 25, 2021, the compelling exhibition displays the greatest female Arab artists in the 20th ...