Bin Laden's niece aiming for pop stardom

CBBC Newsround ^ | March 15, 2003 | CBBC Newsround

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

A niece of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden is planning on launching herself as a pop star in the UK. Waffa Bin Laden, who lives in London, has been working on demos and is hoping to sign a record deal soon, according to the Sun newspaper.

26-year-old Waffa's a lawyer and trained in the US. Her dad Yeslam is the al-Qaeda leader's brother.

Worried about name

But Waffa doesn't have anything to do with her uncle.

However, the paper says Waffa is worried her surname might be off-putting to some record labels.

Waffa's said to look a bit like Natalie Imbruglia.

She's reportedly been working with Madonna producer Nellee Hooper and John Benson, the man who discovered All Saints.

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

What can ya say?

[Howlin]

She didn't choose to be his niece; I don't like talk about her anymore than I like talk about the Bush girls.

[College Repub]

If I recall, the majority of his extended family have become quite succesful. He's the black sheep.

[wideawake]

Can't hold her name against her. I kind of like the idea that the goatshagger's niece would humiliate the family by becoming a slutty Westernized pop star.

[breakem]

Might wanna change that name or just use the first name.

[Howlin]

LOL.....that's one way to put it!

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

**If I recall, the majority of his extended family have become quite succesful**

Huh, I didn't know that.

[Duckdog]

My thoughts too.

[StolarStorm]

Yes you can hold it against her. She is using the notoriety of her uncle to cash in, essentially using the death of 3000 souls to furthur her career. If she wasn't a "bin laden" she'd just be another nice voice in the crowd.

[knarf]

Found this on a German site ...

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

You have a way with words, my friend.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

She's okay looking. Her pic was posted at the Sun last week, and her mother (Swiss Iranian) said she feared for her and her daughter's life since the Bin Laden's DID give money to OBL despite what they claim. Her mother is separated and divorcing OBL's brother (and Waffa's uncle).

They also showed a pic of her father. BARF alert!! But the mother was attractive.

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

Thanks, I couldn't find a pic. Can someone blow it up?

[Wormwood]

I think we just found the fourth Dixie Chick

[CheneyChick]

Is that her? I hope it makes OBL just shiver in his sandals when she shows some skin.

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

Leno said the Dixie Chicks now have an opening act.

[Hildy]

Then why didn't she change her name? She's riding on the Bin Laden name.

[Stopislamnow]

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[Senator Pardek]

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