Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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DVDs | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | AUDIO & DVD Collection | DVD ML 420 .U46 U46 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5000045 |
DVD.
Additional features: Umm Kulthum filmography ; new director commentary ; production photo gallery ; 'Fatma" trailer.
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation.
Booklet in DVD case.
Based on Umm Kulthum by Virginia Danielson.
Director of photography, Kamal Abd al-Aziz.
English narration by Oman Sharif. English commentary by Michal Goldman.
Umm Kulthum was born a peasant at the turn of the century. She became a powerful symbol, first of the aspirations of her country, Egypt, and then of the entire Arab world. This film connects her life to the epic story of 20th century Egypt as it shook off colonialism and confronted modernity.
In Arabic with English subtitles and English narration.
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