A photo of the Egyptian Singer en:Umm Kulthum who died in 1975 at age 71.
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈomme kælˈsuːm];
French: Oum Kalthoum; born Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī
فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي] on 31 December 1898, or 4 May 1904;
died 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film
actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the
honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq (كوكب الشرق, 'Star of the East').
Umm Kulthum was known for her vocal ability and unique style.
She sold over 80 million records worldwide, making her one of
the best-selling Middle Eastern singers of all time,
She is considered a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been
dubbed "The voice of Egypt" and "Egypt's fourth pyramid". Wikipedia
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