Born in 1898 in a small Nile Delta village, Umm Kulthum rose from humble beginnings to become the most celebrated voice in the Arab world. Her father, an imam, recognised her talent early on, but ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn ...

"Umm Kulthum is the voice of the nation," Aya Khamis ... Western musicians were also mesmerised, with Maria Callas, Robert Plant and Bob Dylan all paying tribute to her. "She is one of my ...

Robert Plant and Bob Dylan all paying tribute to her. "She is one of my favourite singers of all time," Dylan once said. More recently, Shakira and Beyonce have sampled her songs. The Umm Kulthum ...