Oum Kulthum

In the early twenties of the twentieth century, a shy rural girl named Umm Kulthum arrived in Cairo, after touring villages and hamlets, singing and entertaining the simple folk and farmers. After many years, in the mid-seventies of the same century, four million Egyptian and Arab citizens came out to bid her farewell in the streets of Cairo. Umm Kulthum's life between these two periods was like a great artistic life for an Egyptian lady who reached the top relying solely on her talent and art. A rich human biography of a lady who loved Egypt and Egypt loved her in return. Karim Gamal: a writer and music researcher, born in Alexandria in 1992, studied Arabic music academically. He published a book: "Umm Kulthum and the Years of the War Effort," which won the State Encouragement Award in the field of social sciences, branch of history and archaeology, and heritage preservation in 2023. He was keen to record the biography of Lady Umm Kulthum and present it to children so that children and young people can learn about an important part of Egypt's modern history, considering her the most important artistic symbol in the history of the Arab world, and to learn about the biographies of artistic figures who accompanied Umm Kulthum in her artistic journey and changed the face of Egyptian culture alongside her.