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Umm Kulthum [a] (Arabic: أم كلثوم; 31 December 1898 [3] [4] – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq (Arabic: كوكب الشرق , lit.
Umm Kulthum singing on a stage, 1965. Seret El Hob (Arabic: سيرة الحب, lit. 'The Tale of Love') is an Egyptian Arabic song performed by the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. The song was written by Morsi Gamil, and composed by Baligh Hamdi. It was released in 1964, and it remains one of Umm Kulthum's most celebrated and iconic works. [1]
Before long Zayd ibn Haritha brought instructions to Umm Kulthum and her sister Fatima to join their father in Medina. [2]: 171–172 Their uncle Al-Abbas put them on a camel; but as they were setting off, Huwayrith ibn Nuqaydh goaded the animal so that it threw them to the ground.
Umm Kulthum going to her Olympia concert in Paris, November 12, 1967. "Fat El Ma'ad" represents the second collaboration between Umm Kulthum and the lyricist Morsi Jamil Aziz, following their earlier song "Seret El Hob" (Egyptian Arabic: سيرة الحب, lit. 'Biography of Love') in 1964, also composed by the Baligh Hamdi. [6]
"Inta Omri" (Egyptian Arabic: إنت عمري; also transliterated as Enta Oumri, Inta Omry, or Ente Omry) is a popular Egyptian song by Umm Kulthum. [2] [3] It was released in March 1965 by Sono Cairo Records. [1]
Umm Kulthum obviously is the Arab world’s greatest singer. But she also carries a lot of symbolic significance. She’s a Muslim woman artist who was able to transcend all sexual, religious ...
Prior to being adopted as the UAR's national anthem, it was used as a nationalist song performed by Umm Kulthum during the Suez Crisis in 1956, known in Egypt and the Arab world as the Tripartite Aggression, when Egypt was invaded by the United Kingdom, France, and Israel. Due to its strongly nationalist lyrics evoking national resistance, the ...
Umm Kulthūm bint Abī Bakr (Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت ابي بكر) was a daughter of Abu Bakr and Habiba bint Kharija. She was said to be the first and probably only Muslim woman in the Early Caliphate's history who received her inheritance from her father in utero.