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.

The top spot on the list, which was published on Sunday, was reserved for Aretha Franklin. Rolling stone magazine is one of the most prominent popular culture magazines in the United States, while its ...

Umm Kulthum, the greatest female singer in Arab music history, fully emerged as a superstar in the mid-40s, thanks to collaborations with the likes of composer Riad al-Sunbati, who set the religious ...

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, ...

Debapriya Das and her ensemble (Nrityakosh) bring the Egyptian singer’s timeless music to life in a dance‑theatre tribute that reimagines her legacy for contemporary audiences.

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, ...

"As long as people listen to music, there will be Umm Kulthum," said Abu Ahmed, the manager of a Cairo cafe named after the Arab world's most revered singer. "She still lives in every song and every ...

Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum performs on November 14, 1967, at the Olympia concert hall, in Paris. | AFP Photo Stringer / AFP The great Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz compared her to a preacher.

The ubiquitous artist's politics and sound evolved over the years, pointing to culture's potential to shape and shift society, memory and identity. For 40 years, every first Thursday of the month, ...

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 ...

Egypt’s world-renowned singer Umm Kulthum ranked 61st on Rolling Stone’s annually updated list of the greatest 200 singers of all time, coming ahead of mainstays of popular music such as Michael ...