The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan (2014)

As times get tougher in the Arab world, people reminisce about the greatest diva of all time: Asmahan. Today, many Arabs go to Vienna in search of the dream that was whispered to them. But things are not that simple. Singer and actress Asmahan is a Syrian princess who emigrated to Egypt in the 1920s and where she enjoyed a career in show business, eventually becoming an Egyptian Diva.

Released

2014-10-19

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

71 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Azza El-Hassan