Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Note on Transliteration
• Chronology
• Introduction
• “A New Umm Kulthūm”
• For Country or Self?
• Sustaining a Career, Shaping a Legacy
• From Artist to Legend
• Mother of Egypt or Erotic Partner?
• An Evolving Heritage
• Epilogue
• Notes
• References
• Index