Despite the state of anger, some defended Sherine, pointing out that this phrase had been circulating for years in many Arab countries whose citizens travel to work in Iraq.
Published on: 3 January 2024: 07:02 GST Last updated: 3 January 2024: 07:39 GST
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has angered the Iraqi public over a prank she pulled during a New Year’s Eve party in Dubai.
Sherine Abdel Wahab implicitly commented on her divorce from artist Hossam Habib and sarcastically said, “I feel like I’m back from Iraq,” which she followed up with laughing.
Many Iraqi followers expressed their anger towards the Egyptian artist after she joked with a young man at her last New Year’s party when he told her: “Thank God, you are safe.” Sherine replied: “God bless you, my love. I feel, thank God, that you are safe, as if you were returning from Iraq.
This prank put Sherine in hot water with social media users after the video clip was widely circulated.
Despite the state of anger, some defended Sherine, pointing out that this phrase had been circulating for years in many Arab countries whose citizens travel to work in Iraq.
The “Al-Sumaria” channel website reported that social media users expressed their dissatisfaction with the Egyptian artist’s statement, believing that she “offended their country.”
However, this “joke” is widely used in Egyptian society, especially during the eighties and nineties of the last century, when men traveled for many years to work in Iraq, the Gulf and Libya, and when the traveler returned to Egypt, he is told, “Thank God for your safety,” and it has become a widely used phrase to express a long absence from the homeland.
The Egyptian singer performed this evening in Dubai, accompanied by the Syrian star George Wassouf and the Lebanese Najwa Karam.
2024-01-03 03:02:00
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