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Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance.

The Voice of Egypt

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    A Paperback / softback by Virginia Danielson

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 5 January 1998
      ISBN-13 9780226136127
      978-0226136127
      ISBN-10 0226136124
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      Biography: arts and entertainment Music Cultural studies

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      Book Synopsis
      Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance.

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