Her valuable belongings and old records and tapes were moved to the Umm Kulthum Museum at Manasterli palace in December 2001. The museum is a wonderful tribute to the singer's life. Umm Kulthum’s spirit is felt in every corner of the museum. People have reported hearing her v...
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer whose performances mesmerized Arab audiences from the Persian Gulf to Morocco for half a century. She was one of the most famous Arab singers and public personalities of the 20th century. Learn more about Umm Kulthum’s life
pictures in which she was to act. Beginning in 1937, she regularly gave a performance on the first Thursday (which in most Islamic countries is the last day of the workweek) of every month. By this time she had moved from singing religious songs to performing popular tunes—often in the ...
Written byVirginia L. Danielson, Richard F. French Librarian, Loeb Music Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the author of“The Voice of Egypt”: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century. ...