E pili ana i ka Puʻu gula, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Planet of the East, ʻo wai ʻo Umm Kulthum?

Kekemapa 31, 1898: Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele ʻAigupita ʻo "Umm Kulthum" (ʻo ia ka inoa maoli ʻo Fatima Ibrahim El-Beltagy) ma kahi kauhale ma Dakahlia Governorate a ua aʻo ʻia e nā mea kākau kauhale. I ka makahiki 1922, neʻe ʻo ia i Kairo, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hīmeni i kona wā ʻōpiopio me kona makuakāne ma nā lā hānau a me nā male male. A laila hāʻawi ʻo Sheikh "Abu Al-Ala Muhammad" iā ia i kahi mele no ka mele "Red no ia inā mālama ʻo ia i ke kuko." Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Soma" e ka lehulehu, a ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia ka honua o ka Hikina. Ua komo i ka lekiō ʻAigupita ma kona hoʻokumu ʻana i ka makahiki 1934, a i ka makahiki 1943 ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka hui mua o nā mea hoʻokani pila, a ua paʻa ʻo ia i kona pelekikena no ʻumi makahiki. ʻO Al-Qasbagy ka mea haku mele ʻelua o Umm Kulthum, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia ma kahi o 70 mau melodies, a ʻo Riyad Al-Sunbati pū me 95 melodies, Sheikh Zakaria Ahmed me 57 melodies, a me Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab 10 melodies. Ua hōʻike ʻo Umm Kulthum ma kahi o 700 mau mele. ʻO kāna hui mua me ka mea haku mele ʻo Ahmed Ramy i ka makahiki 1924, i kona hāʻawi ʻana iā ia i nā mele 136 āna i haku ai. Ua ukali ʻia e ka Tunisian Bayram, kahi āna i hāʻawi ai iā ia i nā mele 122. I ka wā i pio ai ʻo ʻAigupita i ka makahiki 1967, ua hana ʻo ia i nā ʻahamele ma waho o ʻAigupita no ke kaua. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana he nui a me nā hanohano. Ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1975.