Videos
A brilliant performance of “Al-Atlal” created as a hologram of Umm Kulthum.
A clip of Umm Kulthum reciting the Quran in the film “Fatma.”
Umm Kulthum performs a song for King Farouk on the occasion of his birthday, February 11, 1937.
Umm Kulthum performs Amal Hayati (You are the Hope of My Life) as President Gamal Abdel Nasser enters the concert hall in Cairo.
Umm Kulthum sings for President Gamal Abdel Nasser upon his (temporary) resignation from office on June 9, 1967.
Umm Kulthum performs Inta Omri (You are My Life).
Umm Kulthum performs Al Atlal (The Ruins) in Tunis, 1968.
A clip from one of Umm Kulthum’s most popular songs, Hal Ra’ Al Hubu Sukara (Drunken with Love).
Umm Kulthum is welcomed in Tripoli, Libya, 1969.
Watch Umm Kulthum give an interview in Paris 1967 after her first time in concert outside the Arab world. (In Arabic with English subtitles).
Millions of mourners crowd the streets of Cairo to pay their last respects to Umm Kulthum on February 3, 1975.
A Voice Like Egypt, a documentary produced and directed by Michal Goldman and narrated by Omar Sharif, connects Umm Kulthum’s life to the history of 20th century Egypt.
Podcasts
Umm Kulthum as a part of the “50 Greatest Voices” series.
Listen to how Umm Kulthum effected people’s lives on Weekend Edition Sunday.
Articles
Al Ahram, an Egyptian daily newspaper, published a series of articles in memory of Umm Kulthum 25 years after her death.
Al-Mashriq‘s short biography, song texts, audio of songs, pictures and films of Umm Kuthum.
AhramOnline: In Cairo’s Cafe Umm Kulthum
Short overview in Al-Jadid magazine Umm Kulthum – Legendary Songstress of the Arabs
Photos
 Umm Kulthum (L) dressed as a boy |
 A young Umm Kulthum |
 Umm Kulthum in 1945 |
 Umm Kulthum and her ensemble |
 Umm Kulthum performs |
 King Farouk if Egypt reigned from 1936 to 1952 |
 Egyptian Royal Order Nishan Al-Kamal |
 Umm Kulthum starred in the full length film “Fatma” |
 Mohammed Abdel Wahab: Umm Kulthum’s Contemporary |
 Concert Poster for Umm Kulthum in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa |
 Concert Poster for Umm Kulthum in Palestine |
 Umm Kulthum in traditional Sudanese dress before a concert in Khartoum. |
 Umm Kulthum greets folk dancers in Marrakesh, Morocco. Photo courtesy of Faruq Ibrahim. |
 The Fourth Pyramid |
 Millions crowd the streets of Cairo for Umm Kulthum’s funeral. |
 You Are Love. Stencil by C. Avedissian |
 The Best Lady of Them All. Stencil By C. Avedissian |
 Star of the Orient. Stencil by C. Avedissian |
Printed Sources
Abu-Lughod, I. (1963) “The Mass Media and Egyptian Village Life.” Social Forces 42: 97-104.
Al Faruqi, L (1981) An Annotated Glossary of Arabic Musical Terms. Westport: Greenwood Press.
Avedissian, C. (2004) Chant Avedissian: Cairo Stencils. Issa, Rose (Ed.) London: SAQI
Danielson, V. (1997) The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Khouri, M. (1971) Poetry and the Making of Modern Egypt (1882-1922). Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Lohman, L. (2010) Umm Kulthum: Artistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967-2007. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.
Mernissi, F. (1987) Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Racy, A. (2004) Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.