Directory of Kulthum, Umm Resources

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Om Kalthoum Songs

http://almashriq.hiof.no/egypt/700.arts/780.music/umKoulthoum/SETT/OK/Songs.html
Om Kalthoum sang hundreds of songs with themes of love, patriotism, or nature, as well as Classical Arabic poems; this partial list provides titles, composer, lyricist, dialect -- and for some, the lyrics (in Arabic) and audio clips.
Umm Kalthum - Legendary Songstress of the Arabs

http://almashriq.hiof.no/egypt/700/780/umKoulthoum/aljadid-uk.html
This biography of the incomparable Egyptian singer places her life, career, and influence in the context of the times in which she lived; by Habeeb Salloum.
Umm Kulthum

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/umm_kult.htm
Brief biography of Umm Kulthum (Tamayya z-Zahira Dakhliyya, 1904-1975), the most popular and treasured musician of Egypt and the Middle East in the 20th century; by Tore Kjeilen, from Encyclopedia of the Orient.
Umm Kulthum

http://almashriq.hiof.no/egypt/700/780/umKoulthoum/
Including complete list of her songs
Umm Kulthum

http://i-cias.com/e.o/umm_kult.htm
From Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305188009
Editorial and Customer Reviews of the documentary videotape (1997), narrated by Omar Sharif, which views the life and career of this exceptional Egyptian singer against the history and politics of Egypt.

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