Egypt
Recent Egyptian blockbuster, El Set (The Woman, 2025), opens in 1967 at Om Kalthoum’s iconic concert at the Olympia in Paris. The camera drifts across a packed theatre, with faces tilted upward, eyes fixed on the stage, and an audience comprising different nationalities brought together by a single voice. Applause swells, the lights are dim, and before a note is sung, the film establishes a space charged with reverence, awe, and collective pride. In these first moments, it becomes clear…
