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How I fell in love with Om Kolthoum (a very personal story by Joana Saahirah)

Let me tell you a secret: I didn´t start loving Om Kolthoum. In fact, for years, I didn´t get what all the fuss was about. 

My first contact with Egyptian music happened through Hossam Ramzy, pop and shaabi music I found in the markets during my first study trips to Egypt, the easy on western ears kind of stuff. 

 

 

Om Kolthoum was an icon, an untouchable name that popped on my horizon as a mandatory field of study, a...

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