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  title info:
    title: Umm Kulthum
    sub title: the star of the east
  title info:
    title: Star of the east
  name:
    name part: Roumani, Rhonda
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Abdelmohsen, Ahmed
    role:
      role term: illustrator.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Biographies.
  genre: Picture books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: Umm Kulthum was an Arab icon, whose powerful voice defined an entire region for more than five decades. The famous Soprano Maria Callas praised her voice as "incomparable." Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Bono are said to be among her many fans. The daughter of a poor Egyptian village sheikh, Umm Kulthum rose to fame at a time when young girls didn't go to school and when "respectable" girls did not perform on stages. But Umm Kulthum was no ordinary girl. As a little girl, she convinced her parents to send her to school so that she could learn to read and recite the Qur'an. When her father discovered her powerful voice, he dressed her as a boy and toured the Egyptian countryside, performing at religious ceremonies to make extra money for the family. When she could no longer hide the fact that she was a girl, Umm Kulthum shed her costume and became known throughout the Nile Delta as the little girl with the powerful voice. As she grew older, Umm Kulthum knew her future awaited her in Cairo. But her father still worried about her reputation. City theaters were definitely no place for a sheikh's daughter. Stubborn and persistent, Umm Kulthum convinced her father to move Cairo. But life in the big city wasn't easy. The city elite mocked the village girl and her religious folk songs. Umm Kulthum, nonetheless, persisted and worked harder than she had ever worked before. With help from famous singers, she learned to control her powerful voice and taught herself how to play musical instruments. The most important poets and musicians in Egypt and the Arab world wrote lyrics and composed music for her. Soon, record companies competed for her contracts. She held sold-out concerts that ran late into the night, and she sang songs that often lasted more than an hour. Umm Kulthum was more than a singer. She helped reclaim the story and voice of an entire region. People took pride in her perfect pronunciation of the Arabic language, which they attributed to her knowledge of the Qur'an.…
  target audience: juvenile
  note: by Rhonda Roumani ; illustrated by Ahmed Abdelmohsen.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: MEOC. Middle East Book Awards. Youth Nonfiction, 2025 ; ASA: Children's Africana Book Award. Winners, 2026
  subject:
    geographic code: f-ua---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Umm Kulthūm
      name part: 1898-1975
    genre: Juvenile literature
  subject:
    topic: Singers
    genre: Biography
    genre: Juvenile literature
  subject:
    topic: Music
    topic: Social aspects
    genre: Juvenile literature
  subject:
    topic: Popular music
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: History and criticism
    genre: Juvenile literature
  subject:
    topic: Singers
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Umm Kulthum
      name part: 1898-1975
  subject:
    topic: Singers
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Music
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Popular music
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Musique
    topic: Aspect social
    genre: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    topic: Chanteurs
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: Chanteurs
    genre: Biographies
    genre: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    topic: Musique populaire
    geographic: Égypte
    topic: Histoire et critique
    genre: Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Umm Kulthum
      name part: 1898-1975
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Singers
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Music
    topic: Social aspects
  subject:
    topic: Popular music
    topic: History and criticism
    geographic: Egypt
  classification: ML420.U46 R68 2024
  classification: 782.42163 B
  identifier: 9781623716608
  identifier: 1623716608
  record info:
    record content source: TOH
    record creation date: 240920
    record change date: 20251209095957.1
    record identifier: in00005785488
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng