Turkish culture patron and human rights activist Osman Kavala, imprisoned in Turkey these past five years, has been awarded the ifa culture prize from Germany a political signal.
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An exhibition in the Parisian Institut du Monde Arabe is dedicated to the life and work of renowned Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, whose repertoire is still popular with stars such as Franco-Moroccan Sapho and up-and-coming singers such as Lebanese Nancy Agram. Mona Sarkis reports
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