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El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt (1904 – 1975)

أم كلثوم (the name is Romanised in many different variations, including Oum Kalthoum, Umm Kulthum, Om Kalsoum). Born فاطمة إبراهيم البلتاجي, Faṭma Ibrahim el-Beltagi) (31st December 1904–3rd February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in El Senbellawein, she is known as “the Star of the East”. More than three decades after her death, she is still recognised as the Arab world’s most famous and distinguished singer of the twentieth century.

Umm Kulthum was born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village in El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. At a young age, she showed exceptional singing talents. Her father, an Imam, taught her to recite the Qur’an, and she is said to have memorized the entire Qur’an. When she was twelve years old, her father disguised her as a young boy and entered her in a small performing troupe that he directed. At the age of sixteen she was noticed by Abu El-Ala Mohamed, a fairly well-know singer, and by the famous oudist Zakaria Ahmed who asked her to accompany them to Cairo. However, she waited until 1923 before accepting the invitation.

In Cairo, she carefully avoided succumbing to the attractions of the bohemian lifestyle, and indeed throughout her life stressed her pride in her humble origins and espousal of conservative values. She also maintained a tightly managed public image, which undoubtedly added to her allure.
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  • rezeqrezeq

    من الزمن العضيم شاهد من الشواهد تعادل ابو الهول لا بل اشد رسوخا منه

    4 Jan 1:08am Reply

  • Cocteauholic

    Rather god-like voice. She's the one, all the other Arabic chanson singers are miles and miles away behind her, she was simply gifted with a voice that suits; and DEFINED this vein of high art. Also, it is a pity that most people listen to her late work when her career was coming to an end, the real deal was from the 30s till the late 50s I think.

    22 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Abdulazizot

    angalic voice

    25 Oct 2012 Reply

  • darinetta

    كوكب الشرق

    24 Jan 2012 Reply

  • outrenoir

    OMG

    11 Dec 2011 Reply

  • herkyjerky

    the untouchable queen! I could listen to her sing everyday....

    17 Nov 2011 Reply

  • constellator

    http://www.last.fm/group/Arabic+tags+for+Arabic+music

    28 May 2011 Reply

  • loooola03

    love it

    28 Aug 2010 Reply

  • deadgrave

    interesting

    7 Feb 2010 Reply

  • theometrica

    I thought I'd forgotten how to feel. Her music proved me wrong.

    10 Nov 2009 Reply

  • OmmKalthoumFan

    I love u, OMM KALTHOUM.. ALLAH rest her soul..

    7 Jul 2009 Reply

  • twIXta

    They're not wrong, they include a few augmentations like vowel and indications of double letters, so more precise. Those, as far as I know are optional. I found mine by googling and I know the alphabet but not the language, I can only compare the Arabic text to the Romanization. I Think I'll go for what you got. :)

    27 Feb 2009 Reply

  • twIXta

    نهج البردة (Nagd el Borda) (I hope this is correct, typed over from a script which I found hard to read)

    26 Feb 2009 Reply

  • twIXta

    النيل (Al nile)

    26 Feb 2009 Reply

  • twIXta

    Here's what I found so far: اذكريني (Azkouriny) سلوا كؤوس الطلا (Salo Kaos …) حديث الروح (Hadeeth al Rouh) ولد الهدى (Woleda el Hoda) جددت حبك ليه (Ghadet Hobak Leih), still searching for El Nile, Nagh el Borda and Ghareb ala Bab el Raga.

    26 Feb 2009 Reply

  • B0di

    The Lady :D

    14 Oct 2008 Reply

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