Umm Kulthum
Arabic pop music, Musical Artist
1898 – 1975
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Who was Umm Kulthum?
Umm Kulthum, born Fātimah ʾIbrāhīm as-Sayyid al-Biltāǧī on an uncertain date and who died February 3, 1975, was an internationally famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress of the 1930s to the 1970s. She is known as Kawkab al-Sharq in Arabic. More than three decades after her death in 1975, she is still widely regarded as the greatest Arabic female singer in history.
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- Born
- Dec 30, 1898
El Senbellawein - Also known as
- Om Kalthoum
- Oum Kalthoum
- Oum Kalsoum
- OM KALSOUM
- Oum Koulsoum
- Oum Kolthoum
- OM KOLTHOM
- Oum Kolsoum
- Oum Kalthoun
- فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي
- Parents
- Spouses
- Hassan el Sayed el Hefnawy
(1954 - 1975)
- Hassan el Sayed el Hefnawy
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Egyptians
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Profession
- Employment
- EMI
- Died
- Feb 3, 1975
Cairo - Resting place
- Cairo
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on July 23, 2013
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