Umm Kulthum
Oum Kulthum أم كلثوم |
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Birth name | Fatima Ibrahim |
Forby kent as | Oum Kalthoum, Om Kalsoum, Om Koulsum, Om Kalthoum, Oumme Kalsoum, Umm Kolthoum, Om Koultoum, Ummi Kultsum, Ummi Kaltsum, Umi Kulsum, Umi Kalsum, El Set, Esset, Alset, Asset |
Born | December 31, 1898 Tamay Ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt |
Deid | Februar 3, 1975 Cairo, Egyp |
(aged 76)
Genres | Arabic clessical muisic |
Thrift | Sangster, actress |
Years active | c. 1924–1973 |
Labels | EMI Arabia |
Associate acts | Fairuz Abdel Halim Hafez Riad Al Sunbati Mohammed Abdel Wahab Maria Callas |
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم ʾUmm Kulsūm; Arabic pronunciation: [um kulˈθuːm]; born Fātimah ʾIbrāhīm as-Sayyid al-Biltāǧī (فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي [ˈfɑtˤmɑ (ʔe)bɾɑˈhiːm esˈsæjjed elbelˈtæːɡi]; see Kunya) on an uncertain date (December 31, 1898, or Mey 4, 1904[1]), dee'd Februar 3, 1975) wis an internaitionally famous Egyptian sangster, sangwriter, an film actress active frae the 1920s tae the 1970s. She was gien the honoureefic teetle Kawkab al-Sharq كوكب الشرق ("Planet o the East") in Arabic. Kent for her extraordinary vocal ability an style, Umm Kulthum wis ane o the greatest an maist influential Arab sangsters o the 20t century.
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- ↑ Umm Kulthūm. (2012). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/613905/Umm-Kulthum