Umm Kulthum, also known as Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress who was born on December 31, 1898. She was given the honorary title “Kawkab el-charq” (‘Oriental Star’). She is considered as a national figure in Egypt, and has been dubbed “The Voice of Egypt,” “Lady of Arabic Song,” and “Egypt’s Fourth Pyramid.”
Umm Kulthum was born in the Nile Delta village of Tamay e-Zahayra, Dakahlia Governorate, to a religious family, as her father Ibrahim El-Sayyid El-Beltagi was an imam from the Egyptian countryside, while her mother Fatmah El-Maleegi was a housewife.
She learned to sing after watching her father educate her older brother, Khalid. She was a natural singer from an early age.
Umm Kulthum siblings: Who are Umm Kulthum siblings?
She has two siblings according to our sources. A sister named Sayyida who was ten years her senior and a brother named Khalid who was one year her junior.
Since then, no further information has been released concerning them.
