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Haifa Wehbe denies role in Gaza-bound voyage

by Haitham Sabbah June 22, 2010

By Habib Toumi, Bahrain Bureau Chief Lebanese superstar Haifa Wehbe and Hezbollah have denied media reports that the religious formation had banned the singer from boarding Mariam, the Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid. Haifa said that she did not sign up to be among the activists planning to board the ship to break the Gaza [...]

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SMS’ing Star Academy is Haram

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2005

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 program is carried by the Lebanese channel LBC and was very popular in its first two seasons. [Source: Reuters] Business decision based on funny Fatwa (religious [...]

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SuperStar 3

by Haitham Sabbah October 15, 2005

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 [...]

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

by Haitham Sabbah September 27, 2005

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 [...]

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