Egyptian Singer Umm Kulthum Still Enthralls, Fifty Years After Her Death

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Egyptian Singer Umm Kulthum. Tariff threats and Prosecco. : State of the World from NPR The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up.

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Egyptian Singer Umm Kulthum Still Enthralls, Fifty Years After Her Death

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The musical diva of the Arab world is commemorated in Paris. And tariff threats have Prosecco lovers stocking up.

Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum performing to an audience of 2,200 at the Olympia Music Hall in France on Nov. 14, 1967. Jacques Marqueton/AP hide caption

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Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum performing to an audience of 2,200 at the Olympia Music Hall in France on Nov. 14, 1967.

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