For 40 years, every first Thursday of the month, Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum would perform new music ... That's why people saw her as bint el balad (daughter of the country)".

Fatima bint Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Sayed Al-Beltagy, who was known as “Umm Kulthum”, was born in 1898 in the Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, and she passed away on February 3, 1975 at the age of 75 ...

Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum died 50 years ago this week. She remains arguably the most influential Arab singer in and outside the Arab world. In Paris, there were three days of concerts to pay homage.

The renowned Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum is the only Arab star featured in the ranking of the 200 greatest singers of all time published by the Rolling Stone magazine. “Umm Kulthum has no real ...

4 Extra Debut. Novelist Ahdaf Soueif chooses acclaimed Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum as his great life. With Humphrey Carpenter. From November 2002. Show more Novelist Ahdaf Soueif chooses legendary ...

Egyptian star Mona Zaki will play Kulthum who from the late 1920s onwards became the first prominent Arab singer to disseminate her work to the masses via the new technologies of the times ...

The Umm Kulthum Museum, affiliated with the Cultural Development Fund, will open its doors free of charge to the public throughout February 2025 from 9 AM to 4 PM, except on Tuesdays.

Iconic Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum is getting her own biopic, and luckily Sofia Essaïdi has been chosen to play the role of one of the most memorable singers in the Arab world. The French ...