KOULTOUM KALTHOUM KULTHUM KALSOUM KOLTHOUM

wow - i arrive at work today - carine's on the phone - and no one else is here yet - i guess i am a bit early - 9:40
anyway - i go to my desk, turn on the computer, go to google chrome and woaaaaaahhh - umm kulthum - it's her birthday -

and here goes technology:

Born	Umm Kulthum Ebrahim Elbeltagi Unconfirmed; some time between 1898 and 1904 Tamay Ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein,Egypt

and that's not all -

Died	February 3, 1975 Cairo, Egypt
Cause of death	renal failure-induced stroke

still - not all - wikipedia tells us funny stories.

Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم‎, born أم كلثوم إبراهيم البلتاجي , Umm Kulthum Ebrahim Elbeltagi; see Kunya; Egyptian Arabic: Om Kalsoum). (circa 1900; February 3, 1975). Various spellings include Om Koultoum, Om Kalthoum, Oumme Kalsoum, and Umm Kolthoum. She was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Tamay ez-Zahayra village that belongs to El Senbellawein, she is known as the Star of the East (kawkab el-sharq). More than three decades after her death, she is still recognized as one of the Arab world's most famous and distinguished singers of the 20th century.<sup>[1]


ryam idriss just came to work - take that google!


bye</sup>