Preface Technical Note 1: "The Voice and Face of Egypt" 2: Childhood in the Egyptian Delta 3: Beginning in Cairo 4: Media, Style, and Idiom 5: "The Golden Age of Umm Kulthum" and Two Cultural Formations 6: "The Voice of Egypt": The Artists' Work and Shared Aesthetics 7: Umm Kulthum and a New Generation Legacies of a Performer Glossary Notes References Sources for the Illustrations Index