Jennifer Grout, a 23-year-old from Massachusetts, fell just short in the end, but her renditions of classical Arabic songs had stunned some audiences - especially given that she only speaks a little Arabic. Dressed in a flowing white gown, Grout sang "Wahashtini", a classic by Lebanese-Egyptian singer Souad Mohamed. Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy played on the idiosyncrasies of his country's dialect - the Arabic alphabet's "J" is pronounced as a "G" in Egyptian - to commend Grout's talents. Umm Kalthoum, Grout's favorite Arabic singer, was also Egyptian, and has a near-mythic status in the Arab world.
Source: REUTERS
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