At the age of 16 she was noticed by Abol Ela Mohamed, a modestly famous singer, and by the famous oudist Zakaria Ahmed who asked her to accompany them to Cairo. When she was 12 years old, her father disguised her as a young boy and entered her in a small performing troupe that he directed. village muezzin, taught her to recite the Qur’an, and she is said to have memorized the entire Qur’an.
At a young age, she showed exceptional singing talents. The Egyptian Ministry of Information places her actual date of birth as Decemalthough likely to be born December 20, 1898. Umm Kulthum was born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village in El Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, original name Fatima Ibrahim Beltagy.
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