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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February 7, 20257:02 PM ET
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.
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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. 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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