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154:. She adopted an Egyptian accent in her speaking and singing to be accepted by audiences and producers there. She made her first recordings in Cairo under contract to Baidaphon Records. Her career prospered in the Middle East, and she sought wider audiences with appearances in Paris in 1954, and in the United States in 1955.
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