Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Haifa sings in Bahrain despite efforts to stop her


Lebanese superstar Haifa Wahbi held a concert with Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker in Bahrain this week, celebrating Labor Day at the Khalij Hotel.

According to the London daily Elaph, Haifa appeared wearing a conservative green dress, as determined by the concert planners.

The concert found great press coverage in Bahrain and throughout the Arab world.

The concert was held despite requests by Islamic parliament representatives to ban Haifa’s performance. The parliamentary requests were declined by the government.

Representative Muhammad Khaled threatened to bring the communication minster before the parliament for questioning.

Hiba Al Sisi denies appearing in sex scenes


The Egyptian actress Hiba Al Sisi has denied that she filmed sex scenes for her latest film “Dunia Al Lail” (Night Life), which is currently being shown in movie theaters.


Al Sisi said that every time that she appears in a new film rumors starts to spread about her that she appears in sex scenes, asking for those spreading the rumors to produce the actual scenes.

She also said that people like to spread these rumors about her because she was named Miss Egypt.

“Night Life” is a romantic and action film that reveals the secrets of night life. It also talks discusses how young men try to get rich quick, and how young women are often abused.

“Night Light” also stars Muhammad Al Khalie, Dunia Al Masri and Osama Raouf.
The film was created by Salah Rahim and directed by Fikri Abed Al Aziz.