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.
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BirthplaceTamay ez-Zahayra, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, nationality there.
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1. Umm Kulthum - Wikipedia
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4 May 1904
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3 February 1975
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3 February 1975
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the village of Tamay ez-Zahayra within Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
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Cairo, Egypt
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was an Egyptian singer and film actress
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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.
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