Umm Kulthum 1997
Directed by: Michael Goldman
Narrated by: Omar al-Sharif
Synopsis: A portrait of the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum who was born a peasant near the turn of the century and later became a symbol, first of the aspirations of her country, and then of the entire Arab world and who remains just as popular today. Based on the book The voice of Egypt: Arabic song and Egyptian society in the twentieth century by Virginia Danielson
(English - 67 minutes)