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Your name: Hatem Aly A Voice Like Egypt Questionnaire
1. Describe the benefit of early religious education on Umm Kulthum’s later career. Which blues performer also had a religious leader as a father?
- The early religious education that Umm Kalthoom had helped her to pronounce the most difficult words with easiness and quickly. She was an Arabic Pronunciation Professor. Son House had a religious background as a Preacher and Pastor.
2. Which term best suits Umm Kulthum and why: star, legend, icon, or something else?
- I think she is a legend because she was not a regular singer; she gave a lot to her audiences and not only during her lifetime, but her songs are now hearable everywhere in Egypt. There are millions of people who are addicted to her songs and listen to her though the changes that happened in life after her death, from the quickness of time passing till the technological advancements. However, she is still here.
3. How did the 1919 revolution against British colonialism effect Umm Kulthum’s burgeoning career?
-Her songs helped to free Egypt from the British colonialism.
4. Keep a list of the venues and approximate dates in which Umm Kulthum sang. Venues are places where music happens. They can range from town squares, to family homes, to taverns, to concert halls. Ex. Mawlid celebrations in Mansoura - approx. 1918
Villas ana Palaces of the kings who ruled Egypt at the time of 1918
5. What type of people attended the salon parties where Umm Kulthum sang? Do salon parties with live music still happen in Cairo?
- She sang for the whole classes of Egyptians. All of the society classes listened to her from Mawallid till kings’ palaces.
6. At approx. 29 minutes into the documentary, Naguib Mahfouz describes Umm Kulthum’s stage presence and relationship to her audience. Put what he said in your own words.
- He described her as a Preacher who feels
1. Describe the benefit of early religious education on Umm Kulthum’s later career. Which blues performer also had a religious leader as a father?
- The early religious education that Umm Kalthoom had helped her to pronounce the most difficult words with easiness and quickly. She was an Arabic Pronunciation Professor. Son House had a religious background as a Preacher and Pastor.
2. Which term best suits Umm Kulthum and why: star, legend, icon, or something else?
- I think she is a legend because she was not a regular singer; she gave a lot to her audiences and not only during her lifetime, but her songs are now hearable everywhere in Egypt. There are millions of people who are addicted to her songs and listen to her though the changes that happened in life after her death, from the quickness of time passing till the technological advancements. However, she is still here.
3. How did the 1919 revolution against British colonialism effect Umm Kulthum’s burgeoning career?
-Her songs helped to free Egypt from the British colonialism.
4. Keep a list of the venues and approximate dates in which Umm Kulthum sang. Venues are places where music happens. They can range from town squares, to family homes, to taverns, to concert halls. Ex. Mawlid celebrations in Mansoura - approx. 1918
Villas ana Palaces of the kings who ruled Egypt at the time of 1918
5. What type of people attended the salon parties where Umm Kulthum sang? Do salon parties with live music still happen in Cairo?
- She sang for the whole classes of Egyptians. All of the society classes listened to her from Mawallid till kings’ palaces.
6. At approx. 29 minutes into the documentary, Naguib Mahfouz describes Umm Kulthum’s stage presence and relationship to her audience. Put what he said in your own words.
- He described her as a Preacher who feels