Umm Kulthum

**Umm Kulthum** (Arbii bhasa: **أم كلثوم**, janam **فاطمة إبراهيم البلتاجي**  (May 4, 1904 – February 3, 1975). Uske naam ke aur spelling: **Om Koultoum**, **Om Kalthoum**, **Oumme Kalsoum**, aur **Umm Kolthoum**. Turkish me uske naam **Ümmü Gülsüm** rahaa. Uu ek Egyptian singer, songwriter, aur actress rahii. Uske janam Tamay ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein ke bagal me, bhais rahaa. UskeStar of the East (*kawkab el-sharq*) ke naam se jaana jaawat rahaa. Uske maut ke 30 saal ke baad bhi uske Arbii dunia me 20th century ke sab se achchhaagawaiya maana jaawe hae. 

## Chuna gais gaana
* *Aghadan alqak* (1971)
* *Alif Leila wa Leila* ("One Thousand and One Nights").....maqam nahawand  (1969)
* *Arouh li Meen* or *Arook Lemeen* ("Whom Should I Go To").......maqam rast  (1958)
* *[[Al Atlal]]* ("The Ruins")......maqam huzam  (1966)
* *Amal Hayati*"; Sono  ("Hope of My Life") (1965)
* *Ansak Ya Salam* (1960)
* *Aqbal al-layl* (1969)
* *Araka asiya al-dam*
* *'Awwidt 'ayni* (1958)
* *Baeed Anak* ("Away From You").......maqam bayyati (1965)
* *Betfaker fi Meen* ("Who Are You Thinking Of?").....maqam bayati
* *Dalili Ehtar* (1958)
* *Dhikrayatun* (Qessat Hobbi) (1956)
* * El Hobb Kolloh* ("All The Love").......maqam rast
* *Enta Fein Well Hobbi Fein* ("Where are You and Where Is Love?")......maqam bayyati
* *Ental Hobb* ("You Are The Love").......maqam nahwand
* *[[Enta Omri]]* – Sono ("You Are My Life")........ maqam kurd (1964)
* *Es'al Rouhak* ("Ask yourself", or "Ask Your Soul")
* *Fakarouni* ("They thaught of me to be").......maqam rast (1966)
* *Fit al-ma' ad* ("It Is Too Late") Sono Cairo.......maqam sikah (1967)
* *Gharib' Ala Bab erraja* (1955)
* *Ghulubt asalih* (1946)
* *Hadeeth el Rouh* ("The Talk of The Soul")......maqam kurd  (1967)
* *[[Hagartek]]* or *Hajartak* ("I Abandoned You") EMI  (1959)
* *Hasibak lil-zaman* (1957)
* *Hathehe Laylati* ("This is My Night")......maqam bayyati
* *Hayarti Qalbi Ma'ak* ("You Confused My Heart")......maqam nahwand  (1961)
* *Hakam 'alayna al-haw'a* (1973)
* *[[Hobb Eih]]* ("Which Love").....maqam bayyati (1960)
* *Howwa Sahih El-Hawa Ghallab* (1960)
* *Kull al-ahabbah* (1941)
* *Kull laylah wi-kull yum* (Betfakkar fi min?) (1962)
* La Diva – CD, EMI Arabia, 1998
* La Diva II – CD, EMI Arabia, 1998
* La Diva III – CD, EMI Arabia, 1998
* La Diva IV – CD, EMI Arabia, 1998
* La Diva V – CD, EMI Arabia, 1998
* *Leilet Hobb* ("Night of Love") (1973)
* *Lel Sabr Hedod* ("Patience Has Limits")......maqam sikah (1965)
* *Lessa Faker* ("You Still Remember").......maqam ajam (1963)
* *Men Agl Aynayk* (1957)
* *Othkorene* ("Remember Me")
* *Raq il Habeeb* ("My Beloved Tendered Back") (1941)
* Retrospective – Artists Arabes Associes
* *Rihab al-huda (al-Thulathiyah al-Muqaddisah)* (1972)
* *Rubaiyat Al-Khayyam* ("Quatrains of Omar Khayyám").......maqam rast (1949)
* *Sirat el Houb* ("Tale of Love").......maqam sikah (1964)
* *Toof we Shoof* (1967)
* The Classics – CD, EMI Arabia, 2001
* *Wi-darit il-ayyam* ("And The Days Passed By").......maqam nahwand (1970)
* *Ya Karawan* (1926)
* *Yali Kan Yashqiq Anini* (1949)
* *Ya Msaharny* ("You that keeps me awake at night") (1972)
* *Ya Zalemny* (1951)
* *Zalamna El Hob* ("We Have Sinned Against Love") (1962)
### Anthology by modern artists
* Various artists, *Tribute to Oum Kalsoum,* (2009)

## References

## Sources
* Danielson, Virginia. *The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
* *Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (1990) (film).*  This DVD contains an extra feature short film, which documents Arab film history, and it contains several minutes of an Uum Kulthum public performance.

## Bahaari links
* allmusic.com biography
* Umm Kulthoum at krwetatnt - The best site for listening and Downloding Umm Kulthoum songs  
* The Star of the East at Østfold College, Halden, Norway Information and streaming audio of some songs.
* ''Enta Omri''  – English lyrics and short mp3 excerpts of original recording of one of Umm Kulthum's best known songs.
* Video-Enta Omri  Excerpt from a live performance.
* "Umm Kulthoum" , *[[Al-Ahram]] Weekly*, February 3-9, 2000 - articles and essays marking the 25th anniversary of the singer's death.
* Profile of Umm Kulthum and her music that aired on the May 11, 2008, broadcast of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday
* Umm Kulthum on BBC Great Lives
* Oum Kalsoum exhibition at the Institute Du Monde Arabe, Paris, France  from Tuesday, June 17 2008 to Sunday, November 2 2008
* http://www.elmandjra.org/Kolsoum.htm  A list of her recordings in chronological and alphabetical order