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  • Country / Egypt
  • Time Span / 1898 – 1975

Genres

Folk, World, & Country Classical Rock

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Folk Taarab Religious Psychedelic Rock Downtempo Classical Alternative Rock African

Oum Kalthoum

Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم; c. 4 May 1904 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq (Arabic: كوكب الشرق, lit. 'Star of the Orient'). Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Umm Kulthum is a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt" and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Umm Kulthum at number 61 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Continue reading on Wikipedia

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