« Suivre le parti pour toujours », tel est le slogan officiel des autorités chinoises pour célébrer à partir du 1er juillet, les 100 ans du Parti communiste chinois. Le président Xi Jinping souhaite faire de cet évènement un retour aux sources, celles de la révolution culturelle ...Show more
Joséphine Baker
« Osez Joséphine », pas la chanson, la pétition. Celle lancée pour que la vedette mondiale fasse son entrée au Panthéon. Joséphine Baker, c’est la vedette de Music Hall. La chanteuse, la danseuse qui porte une ceinture de banane. Résistante pendant la guerre, un engagement que ...Show more
Umm Kulthum’s powerful voice and talent for communicating poetry was spotted early, when she accompanied her family to perform at weddings and special occasions. It wasn’t long before she was performing in the elite salons of early 20th-century Cairo, although her father dressed ...Show more
The great Egyptian singer was buried 37 years ago.Millions attended her funeral in Cairo.Her stepson has been talking to Witness about that day, and about her life and art.Photo: Umm Kulthum in 1967 Credit: Associated Press
When the great Egyptian singer died in 1975, millions attended her funeral in Cairo. Her stepson has been talking to Witness about that day, and about her life and art. Photo: Umm Kulthum in 1967 Credit: Associated Press
In December 2010, anti-government protests broke out in Tunisia after a young fruit-seller called Mohammed Bouazizi set himself alight outside a government office in the south of the country. At one of the huge rallies in Tunis, a young singer called Emel Mathlouthi sang a song c ...Show more