![]() ![]() When she died in 1975 at the age of 70, 4 million people poured into the streets of Cairo to mourn her passing. The Egyptian singer's career was long, its heyday extending from the 1930s to the 1960s, and her music became a powerful symbol of Arab nationalism. The name Umm Kulthum may not strike a chord to Western ears, but she was a larger-than-life presence in the Arab world. "Umm Kulthum is indisputably the Arab world's greatest singer." "All Arabs agree," reads The Rough Guide to World Music. ![]() ![]() When Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum died, 4 million mourners flooded the streets of Cairo.
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