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Marie Jos. Kabalan Cuts a Mohammed Abdel Wahab Song on Record with Naim Karacand's Band

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  Marie Jos. Kabalan Cuts a Mohammed Abdel Wahab Song on Record with Naim Karacand's Band Marie Jos. Kabala, 1971. Miami Herald , July 1971. Courtesy of Newspapers.com If you are a person who has never heard of the Arab American singer Marie Jos. Kabalan - you would not be the first. She does not appear to have been a regularly selling or commercial professional singer or well-known personality or performer on the hafla and mahrajan circuit. To some, however, she was well-known. That we can tell, she only recorded one single   on 78 rpm disc and her life and career might have gone unnoticed had she not been accompanied by Naim Karacand's Band on her single, double-sided release. Years ago, we directed Canary Records Ian Nagoski to a copy of Kabalan's single for sale online. We later bought our own copy of this single. Nonetheless, for a virtually unknown singer, we have considerable detail about the life of Marie Jos. Kabalan. Marie Karmaha Khalil arrived in the United Stat...