Even I know the words to ah we nos or the sound of them its like the brain washing from flash gordon it was on all the time when I first came to Tunisia.
The videos make me laugh especially Hifa Wahabi ones (spelt wrong) as its supposed to be sexy but becuase I have seen so much more on MTV its like sexy barbra windsor pouting and jiggling about but then again that is probably enough to give heart attacks in Yemen.
We have arabic tv here in the UK and the missus is always infront of it she loves old egyptian films with Aidel eiman and Halim Hafouz chap who is the Arabic Sinatra x2 Arabs love their stars more than the UK and I mean love Halim and Umm Kardumm are legends in Egypt, the latters funeral had around four million people and is down as one of the largest gatherings of people in the whole world ever! when I read about it I cried.
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