The uniqueness of Kawkab al-Sharq was not only in her distinctive voice and creativity on stage, as she is the only woman for whom a museum was established in Egypt, consisting of several halls containing her various possessions. In honor of the role of the Lady of Arab Singing in the Egyptian and Arab conscience, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture decided to establish the "Umm Kulthum" museum, and in late April 1998, work began to equip it.
The museum, which was built in 1851, is located on the banks of the Nile in the Al-Rawda district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The museum, which was built in 1851, is located on the banks of the Nile in the Al-Rawda district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The museum includes Umm Kulthum's personal belongings, including clothes, accessories, bags, and shoes, in addition to artistic holdings such as the oud, musical notes, rare recordings, and films.
The museum consists of 4 halls. The main hall contains 8 windows that include personal belongings, decorations, and medals, in addition to 5 murals of rare pictures of the planet in the “collage” method. There are musical notes and poems written by a number of poets for the most important songs of Umm Kulthum, letters exchanged between the singing lady Arab politicians, leaders, and public figures, and private papers and notes.
There is a cinema hall that displays a 26-minute documentary film of Umm Kulthum, translated into English and French, and includes excerpts from her life story and scenes from her 6 films and her concerts in Egypt and the Arab world. At the end of the film, Umm Kulthum's funeral appears.
The hall of the audiovisual library, includes 5 computers that contain all the songs of Kawkab al-Sharq, pictures of her concerts, her external and internal trips, and her films, in addition to a complete record that contains everything that the Arab press wrote about Umm Kulthum from 1924 to 2000.
The Panorama Hall presents a collection of pictures of Umm Kulthum's different life stages, her films, artists, singers, and heads of Arab states. These pictures are accompanied by music by the artist Rageh Daoud, and the duration of this panorama is 10 minutes. Visitors also enjoy the 15-minute silent documentary film, which is shown on a cinematic screen, for the concerts of Our Lady of Arab Singing in Egypt and the Arab world.
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