Umm Kulthum

Acting

Birthday

1898/12/18

Day of death

1975/02/03 (76 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Tamay Az-Zahayrah, Egypt

Also know as

أم كلثوم, Om Kulthum, ام كلثوم, Oum Kalthoum, فاطمة إبراهيم البلتاجي, كوكب الشرق, Umm Kulthum, Oum Kalsoum, Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayyid al-Beltagi , فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي

Biography

Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayyid al-Beltagi (Arabic: فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي), known as Umm Kalthoum (Arabic: أم كلثوم), also spelled Oum Kalsoum (or Om-e Kalsūm in Egyptian dialect) or sometimes Umm Kulthum, and nicknamed "Souma", is an Egyptian singer, musician and actress, born December 31, 1898 in Ṭamāy al-Zahāyira (in the Simballāwayn district of the Dakhleya governorate in Egypt) and died February 3, 1975 in Cairo. Referred to by various nicknames, including "the Star of the East", "the Lady...Read more