Oum Kalthoum, who died fifty years ago and is still as present

The star of the East, the fourth pyramid or simply the greatest singer in the Arab world, Oum Kalthoum, left us on February 3, 1975. Symbol of an era, it still influences Arabic songs today. Tribute.

In the streets of Khan al-Khalili, the huge market in the center of Cairo, the dragging and suave voice of the Arab song diva Oum Kalthoum escapes from an estaminet where friends, sitting at tables...