“Everyone, somewhere in their memory, keeps a trace of Umm Kulthum. A voice, a chorus, an evening with family. Or, in my case, the silence of an upset father. Who is this woman whose songs cross generations, languages, borders and whose existence I discover at the turn of adolescence? Why do so many men and women know his words by heart, without always knowing why? With this text, based on interviews, I wanted to revisit the icon, the legend, but also the woman behind the veil of glory. And in doing so, put it back at the heart of common matrimony. » Samira El Ayachi
Texts and reading Samira El Ayachi
Oud Kamal Lmimouni
In co-production with Mademoiselle S.
In partnership with HF+ Hauts-de-France
As part of the Days of Matrimony
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