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Dalida: The Story of French Music’s Exotic Princess of Pop

Dalida

Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti in January 1933, spent her early years in Cairo. Her parents were both from southern Italy but headed to Egypt after exhausting all job prospects in their home town. Dalida’s early years were fraught with difficulty. She had to undergo numerous eye operations up until the age of five. But […]