‘Star Of The East’ Umm Kulthum Returns To Light Up Cairo
March 7, 2020
4:33 pm
Revered Arab singer Umm Kulthum returned to light up the stage once more on Friday, almost five decades after her death, in the form of a hologram that delighted a packed-to-capacity crowd at Cairo’s Opera House.
Affectionately known in Egypt as “El Sett” (“The Lady”), Kulthum’s deep, resonant voice enthralled the Arab world for decades, inspired western singers like Bob Dylan and Robert Plant, and can still be heard in Egypt’s streets, cafes, taxis and Nile sailboats.
At the majestic entrance of the Opera House in the Egyptian capital, a large golden plaque bearing her image greeted giddy visitors, along …
