Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum’s singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman.“As long as people listen to music, there will be Umm Kulthum,“ said Abu Ahmed, the manager of a Cairo cafe named after the Arab world’s most revered singer.“She still lives in every song and every note,“ he told AFP…
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