Arab Artists Are Growing on Spotify, And the World Is Listening ...Egypt

  When the legendary Umm Kulthum performed in Paris in 1967, she was asked which monument she visited most in the city. She named the Luxor Obelisk at Place de la Concorde, which was transported from Egypt to Paris in 1833. When asked why, she replied with a smile: “It’s ours.” Even while in Paris, Umm Kulthum made it known that her identity remained rooted in Egypt. Her music is local, her dress is local, but most of all, her heart was deeply local, never bending or reshaping itself for international approval. She did not perform for the outside world by becoming someone else; she brought the world to her, as she was. Many years later, icons like Umm Kulthum still provide lessons in how Arab stars reached global fame simply by being themselves, without altering their image or sound to suit global tastes. And today, with the rise of digital platforms like Spotify, there are more opportunities than ever for local Arab artists to take their sound to the world, just as they are. From classical and pop to folk, funk, and hip-hop, Arabic music is poetic and deeply…

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