Farah Nayeri, New York Times

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Meet the ‘Divas’ who serenaded the Arab world

If summer travels land you in Paris, check out the Divas exhibit paying ode to Arab stars

A file image of Umm Kalthoum performing at the Olympia concert hall in Paris, Nov. 14, 1967. A multimedia exhibition in Paris offers a rich flashback to a period between the 1920s and the 1970s when many female performers took center stage.

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