For this episode, I had the rare pleasure of speaking with Virginia Danielson, one of the most important voices in the study of Arab music. Best known for her seminal book The Voice of Egypt, dedicated to Umm Kulthum, her work explores how a single voice can carry history, politics, emotion, and collective memory. We talked about her path as a researcher, her long relationship with Umm Kulthum’s music, and why this legacy still feels so alive today. A conversation that felt both generous and deeply inspiring — I hope u find this talk as inspiring as it was for me :)

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