#abdelwahab
The year was 1964 when, at last, the Star of the East - already past the peak of her vocal ability - finally caved into the pleas that came to her from all sides. An institution of her own, it took pressure from none other than the President of the Republic himself, Gamal Abdel Nasser, to convince Umm Kolthoum to let her longtime arch-rival in the world of music, Mohamed Abdelwahab, compose a song for her. Abdelwahab himself was not…
