Egyptian Director Marwan Hamed on Portraying the Arab Worldβs Greatest 20th-Century Performer Umm Kulthum and Why Sheβs Still βInfluentialβ (EXCLUSIVE)
29 November 2024 at 15:05
Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed, best known internationally for groundbreaking epic βThe Yacoubian Building,β more recently shot βEl Set,β a biopic of Egyptian icon Umm Kulthum,Β who is considered the Arab worldβs greatest singer. Kulthum has also been praised by Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelinβs Robert Plant, among other Western artists, and sampled by Beyonce and [β¦]