Umm Kulthum is the master of Arab singing and the planet of the East, she is an Egyptian singer, she was born in the Dakahlia governorate and memorized many poems and sang as a child, where she began singing and her artistic career in childhood after she moved with her father to Cairo.

Umm Kulthum began her career by singing in the homes of the rich and famous, and it was her first concert in the Izz al-Din Pasha Palace on the Night of Isra and Maraj, where the Basha gave her a gold ring and 3 pounds of his admiration for her, and from here the fame opened its doors to the East Planet, and her concerts continued in the existing Bosphorus theater In Ramses Square and Azbakeya Park Theater.

The artist began to learn the origins of music, singing and playing the oud because she was certain that talent alone did not guarantee the continuation of fame and success. Therefore, the artist Amin al-Mahdi, Mahmoud al-Qasabji and Mahmoud Rahmi helped her to develop her talent, and in 1924 she presented her first record that made huge profits and great sales, then she got to know the poet Ahmed Rami and convinced her to help the musician create her own band.

In 1926 she abandoned her father’s band and formed her own band and changed the way of her clothes and wore modern clothes, and in 1934 she was chosen to be the first singer to sing on the Egyptian radio after she made her recordings the highest profit. Words and melodies and provided with him 40 songs.

Umm Kulthum married Dr. Hassan Al-Sayed Al-Hefnawi in 1954, and the 1950s was a glowing period for the East Planet, where she presented a group of wonderful songs, her keenness to communicate with all generations, introduce modern musical instruments to her group, and her communication with new composers made her songs resonate until now and her works are immortal until this moment. .

Umm Kulthum presented 6 films on the cinema screen, including (Fatima, Song of Hope, Salama), and she was limited to some films and series and did not complete her acting career due to her infection with thyroid disease that hit her eye and that forced her to wear black glasses, and she was also known for her love for Egypt and supported The war effort a lot, whether through her patriotic songs to raise the morale of the army and the people after the setback, or with her donations, so she used to hold concerts and donate her profits to the war effort.

She had a kidney infection in 1970, which prevented her from appearing at parties and completing her songs and refused to stay in the hospital despite her severe illness, and received treatment at her home, and on February 3, 1975, Middle East Radio and the Public Program and Voice of the Arabs announced the news of her death, and her funeral took place from the Omar Makram Mosque and it was a majestic funeral It was not repeated in the Arab world, where it was attended by about 4 million people.