This article is about the Egyptian singer. For other uses, see Umm Kulthum (name).
Umm Kulthum
أم كلثوم
Background information
Birth name
Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayed El-Beltagi فاطمةإبراهيم السيد البلتاجي
Born
(1904-05-04)4 May 1904 Tamay Ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein, El Dakahlia, Khedivate of Egypt
Died
(1975-02-03)3 February 1975 (aged 70) Cairo, Egypt
Genres
Egyptian music, classical
Occupation(s)
Singer
actress
Years active
1898–1973
Labels
Odeon His Master's Voice Cairophon Sono Cairo Mazzika EMI Classics EAC Records
Musical artist
Umm Kulthum[a] (4 May 1904 [3][4] – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq ("Star of the Orient").[5] In her native Egypt, Kulthum is a national icon; she has been dubbed as "The Voice of Egypt"[6][7] and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".[8][9] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Kulthum at number 61 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[10][11]
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^"Egypt's Umm Kulthum hologram concerts to take place at the Abdeen Palace on November 20,21". Egypt Today. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt. 22 May 2007.
^Danielson, Virginia (1996). "Listening to Umm Kulthūm". Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. 30 (2): 170–173. doi:10.1017/S0026318400033976. ISSN 0026-3184. JSTOR 23061883. S2CID 152080002.
^"Umm Kulthoum, the fourth pyramid". 2008.
^Umm Kulthum, homage to Egypt's fourth pyramid, September 2008
^Rolling Stone Magazine named iconic singer Umm Kulthum among the greatest 200 singers of all time., 8 January 2023
^"The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time". Rolling Stone. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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