What made singers Fairouz and Um Kulthoum true legends of the stage? The amswer remains in their extraordinary voices and their great composers. However, in their heydays, the Arab nation was going through immense political and social upheaval, and their work operating as a unifying force - they became much more than just singers. Considering Lebanon's independence in 1943, Egypt's revolution in 1952 and Arab defeat in 1967, they were ...