Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture, agreed to open the “Umm Kulthum Museum” of the Cultural Development Fund sector to visitors for free from October 26 to October 28 in 2022 as part of Egypt’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and its pioneering role in documenting relations between the two countries.
Whereas Umm Kulthum’s visit to the UAE in 1971 marked an important moment in the history of ties between the two nations, it coincided with the announcement of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the creation of the United Arab Emirates, and Umm Kulthum’s first ceremony was held on the evening of November 28 in the presence of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and a number of senior UAE officials.
The Umm Makhilthum Museum is located in the Al -Rawda area in Manial, inside the hall attached to the Mansterely Palace. The 250-meter-long exhibit space had its grand opening on December 28, 2001.
The museum includes many of the holdings of the lady of Arab singing, where there are a large number of glamories that the holdings are kept inside and the periods contain personal holdings, medals, nashans, musical notes and poems written in the line of a number of poets for the most important songs. The dresses worn during the available concerts are also included in the times.
The museum contains a large collection of rare pictures of the East Planet with the leaders and pictures of its life stages or with leaders and political figures. It also includes a sizable gramaphone and several rare cylinders of Umm Kulthum’s most significant songs.
In honour of the 50th anniversary of Egyptian-Emirati ties, the Umm Kulthum Museum was free to the public.
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