{"id":2742,"date":"2022-09-04T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/arab-fans-react-as-lord-of-the-rings-draws-in-25-million-viewers\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:36:45","slug":"arab-fans-react-as-lord-of-the-rings-draws-in-25-million-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"Arab fans react as \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 draws in 25 million viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nDUBAI: With her voluminous hairstyle and diamond-studded sunglasses, the iconic Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum has one of the most instantly recognizable silhouettes in modern pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer\u2019s storied career saw her pack out venues for 50 years until just before her death in 1975. Such was her status that she is often referred to as \u201cThe fourth pyramid\u201d by Arabs, as well as \u201cThe star of the East,\u201d \u201cMother of the Arabs\u201d and \u201cLady of Arabic song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Umm Kulthum ( \u0623\u0645 \u0643\u0644\u062b\u0648\u0645 ) live; &quot;Baeed Anak&quot; (English subtitles)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjziPpZG_cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"Umm Kulthum ( \u0623\u0645 \u0643\u0644\u062b\u0648\u0645 ) live; \"Baeed Anak\" (English subtitles)\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nUmm Kulthum was born Fatima Ibrahim as-Sayed El-Beltagi in the village of Tamay e-Zahayra in the Nile Delta in 1898. The daughter of an imam, she learned to recite the Qur\u2019an at a young age and regularly sang with her father at village weddings.<\/p>\n<p>\nBecause of her father\u2019s religious upbringing \u2014 and cultural norms \u2014 Umm Kulthum often had to dress as a boy when she performed in her youth. She did this at numerous festivals, weddings and other events in order to provide for her family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<figcaption>\nThe singer\u2019s storied career saw her pack out venues for 50 years. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n<strong>A star is born\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nAfter moving to Cairo in 1923, Umm Kulthum was fortunate to land the well-known singer and composer Shaykh Abu Al-Aila Muhammad as her teacher and mentor.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe signed her first recording contract in 1926 and began to put together her own ensemble of musicians. As she started to mingle in Cairo\u2019s cultural scene, she met several poets \u2014 most notably Ahmad Rami, who wrote the lyrics for 137 of her songs.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 1932, she embarked on her first major tour of the Middle East which took in Damascus, Baghdad, Beirut, Tunis and Tripoli, and, in 1934, she sang at the inaugural broadcast of Radio Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Amal Hayaty (concert) - Umm Kulthum \u0627\u0645\u0644 \u062d\u064a\u0627\u062a\u0649 (\u062d\u0641\u0644\u0629) - \u0627\u0645 \u0643\u0644\u062b\u0648\u0645\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0to0Sdtab0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nUmm Kulthum recorded an estimated 300 songs over her career \u2014 tracks that covered universal themes of love, loss and desire.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe thrilled audiences with marathon performances (often a single song would last for an hour or more), which would include songs such as \u201cEnta Omri,\u201d \u201cAlf Leila w Leila,\u201d \u201cSeret El Hob\u201d and \u201cAl Atlal,\u201d packed with such raw emotional power that they continue to hold sway over great swathes of the Arab world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/mona_khashoggi.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nSaudi playwright and arts patron Mona Khashoggi, who created a West End musical dedicated to\u00a0Umm Kulthum. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n\u201cHer music is so empowering and nostalgic. She reminds us of home,\u201d Saudi playwright and arts patron Mona Khashoggi, who created a West End musical dedicated to the star \u2014 \u201cUmm Kulthum &amp; The Golden Era\u201d \u2014 that premiered in London in 2020, told Arab News. \u201cI left Saudi Arabia when I was young&#8230; Every time I\u2019m sad, I listen to Umm Kulthum, and I think everybody else does that. She is in every home for every age. She is timeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Global impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nThe star had close connections to political leaders including King Farouk of Egypt and former President Gamal Abdel Nasser. She also met Tunisia\u2019s first President Habib Bourguiba during one of her concerts in Tunis and to Charles de Gaulle, the former president of France, she was simply \u201cthe Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/egyptian_president_gamal_abdel_nasser_c_and_his_successor_anwar_al-sadat_r_pose_with_egyptian_diva_umm_kulthum_and_egyptian_composer_mohamed_al-mogi_in_cairo_in_the_late_60s._afp.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nEgyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (C) and his successor Anwar Al-Sadat (R) pose with Umm Kulthum and Egyptian composer Mohamed Al-Mogi in Cairo in the late 60s. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nA number of influential Western singers, including Bob Dylan and Maria Callas have proclaimed themselves admirers. The latter described her voice as \u201cincomparable.\u201d Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, widely regarded as one of the world\u2019s greatest rock singers, told the Independent in 2010 that he was visiting Marrakech in 1970 when he first heard Umm Kulthum\u2019s voice and that the experience had \u201cblown a hole in the wall of my understanding of vocals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWhen I first heard the way she would dance down through a scale to land on a beautiful note that I couldn\u2019t even imagine singing, it was huge,\u201d Plant said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/egyptian_conductor_hisham_gabr_leads_the_lebanese_national_orchestra_for_oriental-arabic_music_on_the_opening_night_of_the_baalbek_international_festival_in_lebanons_eastern_bekaa_valley_on_july_20_2018_afp.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nEgyptian composer and conductor Hisham Gabr. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n\u201cEverything about Umm Kulthum stands out,\u201d Egyptian composer and conductor Hisham Gabr told Arab News in 2018. \u201cHer voice, her mastery, her ability to improvise, and the way that she uses this incredible array of nuances in her voice to express the tiniest and slightest details of the words that she\u2019s singing. She reincarnates melody, reinvents it in so many ways that are quite stunning and amazing. And yet she never loses track of what those words mean and how she can convey and augment those meanings to her listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nKhashoggi, whose father was a friend of the singer\u2019s family, said: \u201cShe inspires me as an artist. She is an idol for me and I think for every woman. She stands for the empowerment of women, for working hard and perseverance. I\u2019m a big fan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Alf Leila We Leila - Umm Kulthum \u0627\u0644\u0641 \u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0647 - \u0627\u0645 \u0643\u0644\u062b\u0648\u0645\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ul4z6sLnXYY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>A unique talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nApart from the astonishing power of her voice, one thing that set the singer apart from her peers was her renowned diction. Arabic language experts have said that Umm Kulthum\u2019s pronunciation of lyrics was unlike any other artist.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cShe was like a professor of Arabic pronunciation,\u201d the late Egyptian radio commentator Amal Fahmy previously said in an interview.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/kassem_wahba_language_professor.jpeg\" width=\"750\"\/><figcaption>\nKassem Wahba, an associate professor of Arabic at the American University in Dubai. (AUD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nKassem Wahba, an associate professor of Arabic at the American University in Dubai, told Arab News: \u201cBecause she learned the Qur\u2019an, her pronunciation was perfect. Most of her songs were poems in fusha (classical Arabic).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nKhashoggi echoed Wahba\u2019s words. \u201cShe spoke Arabic perfectly because of (reciting the Quran). Her Arabic was excellent,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think there is anybody like her.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/iraqi_men_gather_and_socialise_at_umm_kulthum_cafe_on_rasheed_street_the_oldest_street_in_the_capital_baghdad_on_january_20_2019._afp.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nIraqi men gather and socialise at Umm Kulthum Cafe on Rasheed street, the oldest street in Baghdad in 2019. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThe playwright also noted the onstage charisma that Umm Kulthum radiated with seemingly little effort. \u201cI don\u2019t know what she did, but she was amazing,\u201d Khashoggi said. \u201cShe sang with such confidence \u2014 it\u2019s 100 emotions in a second. And she basically stood still. But even with a gesture\u2026 if she just moved her hand, everyone would get excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIf reports are to be believed, after Umm Kulthum\u2019s death in 1975 aged 77, four million people attended her funeral \u2014 around 10.5 percent of Egypt\u2019s population at the time, which was around 38.55 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/her_funeral_afp.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nIf reports are to be believed, after Umm Kulthum\u2019s death in 1975 aged 77, four million people attended her funeral. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n<strong>Enduring legacy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nUmm Kulthum\u2019s legacy lives on. In recent years, events companies have staged concerts in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE in which the singer \u201cappears\u201d as a hologram.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris hosted an exhibition last year titled \u201cArab Divas: From Umm Kulthum to Dalida\u201d to honor the \u201cStar of the East\u201d and other renowned singers, and the show will next appear in Amsterdam in March 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/3915446\/an_area_is_dedicated_to_the_egyptian_singer_umm_kulthum_as_part_of_the_divas_exhibition_at_the_arab_world_institute_ima_in_paris_on_august_19_2021.afp_.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><figcaption>\nAn area is dedicated to the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum as part of the &#8216;Divas&#8217; exhibition at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris in 2021. (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\nThe exhibition\u2019s curator Elodie Bouffard said this week that the exhibition in France was \u201can exceptional moment for the IMA.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe received an impressive number of guests \u2014 we were fully booked every day,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd compared to other exhibitions this one had a very young age range \u2014 mothers with their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nForty-seven years after her death, Umm Kulthum continues to inspire new generations with her unique and timeless talent.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2155926\/lifestyle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: With her voluminous hairstyle and diamond-studded sunglasses, the iconic Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum has one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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