Om Koultoum

A special-interest documentary about Egypt's (and the Arab world's) legendary superstar, a singer-performer in a category all her own: Umm Kulthum, perhaps the greatest singer who ever lived. (imdb)

A concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.

Baher is a merchant in love with his serf Wedad who goes bankrupt because his merchandises are stolen. In order to pay his debts Wedad sacrifices herself and decides to sell herself as serf to another wealthy master.

A virtuous woman's purity is threatened by a callow seducer. The eponymous heroine is a revered "doctor" in the neighborhood of alleys where she lives and dispenses free treatment to all who ask. She is called to nurse a wealthy crank, and his playboy youngest brother falls in love with her. She demands marriage when offered the status of mistress - and much chicanery and humor accompany the pathos of her struggle to gain respect via a common law document.