Grave of Umm Kulthum

Nearby Islamic heritage sites

• Grave of Muhammad Khatir — Cairo
• Grave of Mahmud Shaltut — Cairo
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• Grave of Qasim ibn Qutlubugha — Cairo
• Grave of Fatima bint al-Hasan al-Anwar — Cairo
• Grave of Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam — Cairo
• Grave of Hasan Qasim — Cairo
• Grave of Abd al-Basit Abd al-Samad — Cairo
• Grave of Fakhr al-Din al-Zayla'i — Cairo

About Grave of Umm Kulthum

Umm Kulthum grew up in a village in the Nile Delta, learned the Qur'an as a child and began by singing religious songs with her father before becoming the most celebrated singer of the Arab world. Her monthly concerts were broadcast across the region for decades, and huge crowds followed her funeral in Cairo when she passed away in 1975. Her tomb is in the Southern Cemetery between Imam al-Shafi'i and al-Muqattam, a short walk from the tomb of Mahmud Shaltut.

Key facts

Name

Grave of Umm Kulthum

Type

Other Places

City

Cairo

Country

Egypt

Coordinates

30.0034513, 31.2646886

Last updated

2026-10-24