Umm Kulthum

Oum Kulthum أم كلثوم
Background information
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	31 December 1898(1898-12-31) Tamay Ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt
Deid	Februar 3, 1975(1975-02-03) (aged 76) Cairo, Egyp
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), 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.