Posts Tagged ‘SuperStar’

SMS’ing Star Academy is Haram

This item was filled under [ Islam, Music, Religion, Saudi Arabia ]

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Saudi mobile phone company Mobily has barred users from text message voting in the pan-Arab version of Star Academy, after an earlier religious edict deemed the show immoral. The [...]

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SuperStar 3

This item was filled under [ Arab, Art, Good News, Media, Middle East, Regional, Sabbah ]

Tomorrow will be the second roundup of Future SuperStar 3. A show that has broke records over the last two years, in spite of all the controversy that went around it. Some of it (if not all) was of political background, and very few of artistic.
Anyway, I think the producers (Future TV) and the jury [...]

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Latest Ban, Hejran, Kan-Zaman and ‘Habalan’

This item was filled under [ Art, Israel, Media, Sabbah ]

The Ban:
Officials at the Kuwaiti Information Ministry have confirmed that its �Censorship Department� has refused a request for a concert during the Muslim holiday Eid Al Fitr for Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram.
A committee member stated that Nancy should not be allowed to sing at public celebrations in Kuwait and supported the Ministry�s decision to [...]

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