Even though HarryPotterand the Gobletof Fire didn'twinanyaccolades at tonight'sEmpireAwardsinLondon, theseriesdid win an honoraryaward for their contribution to cinema.
In fact, the venerable Iraqi art of maqam was overshadowed during the Ottoman Empire, in large part by the emergence of Egyptian cinema music, and later the great diva of Arabic music in the last century, Umm Kulthum.