Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم, Egyptian Arabic: [ˈomme kælˈsuːm], also spelled Oum Kalthoum in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, Arabic: فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, romanized: Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī; 31 December 1898 – 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'). She is considered a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The voice of Egypt", the Lady of Arabic Song and "Egypt's fourth pyramid".