I Loved You for Your Voice

I Loved You for Your Voice by Nassib, Selim. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781933372075.

"A dazzling masterpiece."-Nigrizia "A total immersion into the Arab worlds magic and charm."-Avvenimenti "Om Kalthoum is great. She really is."-Bob Dylan The story of the Arab worlds greatest and most popular singer, Umm Kulthum, told through the eyes of the poet Ahmad Rami, who wrote her lyrics and loved her in vain all his life. Spanning five decades in the history of modern Egypt, this passionate tale of love and longing provides a key to understanding the soul, the aspirations, and the disappointments of the Arab world. Slim Nassib is also the author of Un amant en Palestine, about the secret relationship between Lebanese-Palestinian banker Albert Pharaon and Golda Meir. Nassib is well known for his journalism and his work as a foreign correspondent.