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Umm Kulthum

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Umm Kulthum (1904 to 1975), born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, was an Egyptian singer and film actress known by her stage name. Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, she became a national icon in her native Egypt, earning the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq and the nicknames the Voice of Egypt and Egypt's Fourth Pyramid. In 2023 Rolling Stone ranked her sixty first on its list of the two hundred greatest singers of all time.

Facts
Birth Year
1904 1
Death Year
1975 1
Nationality
Egyptian 1
Birth Date
1904-05-04 1
Death Date
1975-02-03 1
Birthplace
Tamay ez-Zahayra, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt 1
Death Place
Cairo, Egypt 1
Active From Year
1923 1
Classification
Gender
Female 1
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Practices

Film, Art Forms
Source Umm Kulthum - Wikipedia
Music, Art Forms
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Nationality

Egypt

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Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi (4 May 1904 – 3 February 1975), known by her stage name Umm Kulthum, was an Egyptian singer and film actress.

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Egypt

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1. Umm Kulthum - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    4 May 1904
  • Lead section [death-date]
    3 February 1975
  • Lead section [death-year]
    3 February 1975
  • Lead section
    Born in the village of Tamay al-Zahayra in the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt, she began her music career as a child, singing religious hymns with her father, who initially dressed her in boys' clothes, as singing was unacceptable for girls in the countryside at that time.
  • Infobox: death_place
    Cairo, Egypt
  • Lead section [nationality]
    was an Egyptian singer and film actress
  • Lead section
    Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi (4 May 1904 - 3 February 1975), known by her stage name Umm Kulthum, was an Egyptian singer and film actress.
  • Infobox: years_active
    1923-1973
  • In Group: Arab World Singers, Lead
    Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi (4 May 1904-3 February 1975), known by her stage name Umm Kulthum, was an Egyptian singer and film actress.
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