What would you do if you caught your daughter listening to Um Kulthoum’s romantic songs? Marry her off. In her words: “I was 16. I was in the kitchen listening to Um Kulthoum and singing along with her loudly, when my brother came in. He told my parents. They asked me if I was in love with someone, and I told them I was not but they did not believe me. A month after that, they married me off to someone I never knew and never loved.” Now, eight years after that insane marriage, Noura has two daughters, and she is getting divorced.