Urgent| Time rarely provides someone like her… 126 years since her birth

Umm Kulthum “The Lady of Arabic Singing – Planet of the East”, her real name is Fatima Ibrahim Al-Beltagy.

 

The lady of Arab singing, Umm Kulthum, was born On December 31, 1898 in the Dakahlia Governorate in Tamai Al-Zahayra.

 

Umm Kulthum was given many nicknames, as the public called her the nicknames of Thoma, the Woman, She is the lady of Arabic singing, the sun of the night, the owner of infallibility, the star of the East, the harp of the East, and the artist of the people.

 

She is considered Mrs. Umm Kulthum is one of the most important artistic voices on the ancient Arab scene, and her echo still continues to this day, as her songs are still spread all over the world. We enjoy her in the evening and she refreshes us with her sweet voice and her gentle, purposeful words. She memorized many poems and sang them with her brother Khaled. She began singing when she was ten years old and became famous in Egypt and throughout the Arab world in the twentieth century.

 

 

She started becoming famous at a young age, as she was working to bring income to the family, but later she surpassed all dreams when she became the main source of income for them, and after the year 1916 AD, her father got to know her. Both Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed and Abu Al-Ala Muhammad, who convinced the father to move to Cairo with his daughter Umm Kulthum. This was the first step in her artistic path, so she performed the night of the Isra and Mi’raj at Izz al-Din Palace. Pasha.

In 1921, she returned to Cairo and settled there permanently, and in 1923 AD she sang in a concert that brought together prominent people. She sang at another concert in which many female singers gathered, the most prominent of whom was Munira al-Mahdia, who was called the Sultana of Tarab, and in 1924 she met Ahmed Rami, who was the basis for highlighting her stardom.

In the same time In the year, Al-Qasabji formed her first musical band to be an artist with an aesthetic nature. In 1928, she sang the monologue “If I Forgive and Forget Sorrow.” To achieve the highest sales at that time. On May 31, 1934, the Egyptian Radio was opened and she was the first to sing on it. In 1935 she sang “On the Country of the Beloved and My Religion” It was composed by Riad Al-Sunbati, and Al-Sunbati continued to compose for Umm Kulthum for 40 years.

Umm Kulthum went through the experience of composing for herself in two songs “On My Eyes of Desertion, I Wish I Was the Breeze” In 1943, she founded the first musicians’ union and was its first president. She remained in the position for ten years. In addition to artistic work, Umm Kulthum had an effective contribution in many difficult situations, whether in Egypt or the Arab region, where she contributed to financing the first Palestinian revolution in 1936 AD, and participated in The activities of establishing the League of Arab States in 1946 AD.

It also donated all its money to Egypt after the forces of the tripartite aggression issued A decision to freeze Egyptian assets abroad, and after the defeat of June 5, 1967 AD, Umm Kulthum was traveling around the Arab countries and some foreign countries to collect millions for Egypt and its army to donate to the war effort. Therefore, she deservedly obtained the title “People’s Artist” 1972. The woman sang at the Olympia Theater in Paris, the most famous theater of all time, in 1967.

During her artistic career, the lady of Arab singing received many awards and honors, as she received the Order of Merit, First Class, in the year 1960, the Cedar Medal from Lebanon in 1959, the Order of Merit, First Class from Syria, and the Grand Order of the Republic from Tunisia. Egypt also gave her the Nile Necklace and a diplomatic passport as the first passport from Its type is awarded to an artist in addition to the state’s discretionary award, the value of which was waived in favor of the Artists’ Pension Fund. She was awarded the Al-Rafidain Medal from the Iraqi government in 1946, and she was awarded the Republic Medal from Tunisian President Bourguiba in 1968.

Umm Kulthum knew her way to glory from a young age 

During her artistic career, she collaborated with a group of great composers and authors such as “Ahmed Rami – Riad Al-Sunbati – Muhammad Al-Qasabji – Kamal Al-Taweel – Baligh Hamdi – Sayed Makkawi – Bayram Al-Tunisi – Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed – Muhammad Abdel Wahhab”, which made her present a singing style through which she achieved unparalleled success until she was given the title “Planet of the East”. And Qaytar Al-Tarab is one of her most famous songs: He is Sahih Al-Hawa Ghalab, You Are My Life, The Biography of Love, I swear to God, it is a long time, my weapon, Al-Atlal, the hope of my life.

She also had an acting experience in 6 Films “Widad, Anthem of Hope, Dinar, Fatima, Aida, Salama” Kawkab Al-Sharq suffered a harsh treatment journey for her thyroid disease, “and this disease was the reason she wore black glasses because it caused her eyes to bulge.” But she refused to undergo surgery because it affected her vocal cords, while taking a lot of medications led to her suffering from kidney cirrhosis. Then her health began to deteriorate in 1971, so she stopped giving concerts, and the song “Laylat Love” was the last thing she sang until she died on February 3, 1975. She was unable to sing the song “My Times.” It is beautiful with you, as she fell ill during rehearsals for this song, and Warda sang it afterwards. She married Dr. Hassan Al-Hafnawi in 1954 until her death. 

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