Egypt’s Fourth Pyramid
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Egypt is set to honour one of its most legendary cultural figures, Umm Kulthum, by declaring 2025 the "Year of Umm Kulthum." This declaration, made by the Ministry of Culture, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the singer's passing with a series of celebrations and cultural events across Egypt and beyond. Widely revered as "the Star of the East," "Mother of the Arabs," and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid," Born in 1898 in Tamay El Zahayra, a small village in Daqahliya Governorate, Umm…