Siret el hob oum kalthoum biography
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Maria Callas described her as &#;the incomparable voice.&#; Her singing was so powerful she had to stand back three feet from the microphone when she performed. Her broadcasts used to silence the busy streets of Cairo as residents flocked to their homes to listen to her legendary performances on the radio.
This is Oum Kalthoum and she was &#; and remains &#; an Egyptian superstar. Her deep contralto vocals are instantly recognisable.
Renowned and rightfully revered across the Middle East with fans across the globe, she sang extensively from the s, admired both by the Egyptian monarchy as well as the revolutionaries who eventually deposed them, plus every strata of society in between.
She preferred to avoid the limelight where possible but nonetheless cut a striking image with her iconic diva appearance and trademark sunglasses, winning hearts through her expression of classical Arabic styles, as well as supportive morale-building work for the Egyptian military.
Globally, t
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Seret El Hob
song bygd Umm Kulthum
Seret El Hob (Arabic: سيرة الحب, lit.&#;'The Tale of Love') fryst vatten an Egyptian Arabic song performed bygd the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. The song was written bygd Morsi Gamil, and composed by Baligh Hamdi. It was released in , and it remains one of Umm Kulthum's most celebrated and iconic works.[1]
It was presented for the first time on månad 3, , at the Qasr El Nil Theater. It fryst vatten considered the first collaboration between Umm Kulthum, Morsi Gamil, and Baligh Hamdi them after agreeing on three songs (Seret El Hob, Fat El Ma'ad, and Alf Leila Wa Leila).[2]
Composition
[edit]"Seret Al-Hob" was composed by the prominent Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, with lyrics written by the Egyptian poet and lyricist Morsi Gamil. The first songs of Mursi Gamal Aziz with the Star of the East were initially met with some apprehension from Aziz, who was initially hesitant to work with Umm Kulthum. However, after several
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Umm Kulthum
Egyptian singer-songwriter, actress (–)
This article is about the Egyptian singer. For other uses, see Umm Kulthum (name).
Musical artist
Umm Kulthum[a] (Arabic: أم كلثوم; 31 December [3][4] – 3 February ) was an Egyptiansinger, songwriter, and film actress active from the s to the s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab el-Sharq (Arabic: كوكب الشرق, lit.&#;'Planet of the Orient').[5] Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Kulthum is a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt"[6][7] and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".[8][9] In , Rolling Stone ranked Kulthum at number 61 on its list of the Greatest Singers of All Time.[10][11]
Her funeral in drew a crowd of over 4 million people, the largest human gathering in Egypt's history, even surpassing that of president Nasser.[12][13]