Umm Kulthum was an iconic Egyptian singer and songwriter who rose to prominence in the 1930s and became one of the most celebrated musicians in the Arab world. Known for her powerful and soulful voice, Kulthum was also renowned for her mastery of classical Arabic music and her ability to infuse her performances with a
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An exhibition in the Parisian Institut du Monde Arabe is dedicated to the life and work of renowned Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, whose repertoire is still popular with stars such as Franco-Moroccan Sapho and up-and-coming singers such as Lebanese Nancy Agram. Mona Sarkis reports
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LONDON: At first glance, the description of a new exhibition and accompanying book celebrating a decade of the British Museum collecting contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa appears unnecessarily cumbersome, if not evasive.
The exhibition “Reflections: Contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa,” writes Venetia Porter, the museum’s curator of Islamic and contemporary Middle East art, is “about a collection of works in the British Museum … made by artists born in or connected to countries that include Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Tunisia, states that belong within the region known today as the Middle East and North Africa.”