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  • Iraqis Unite Behind Their Heroine on Arab 'Idol'

    03/31/2007 3:56:28 AM PDT · by shrinkermd · 3 replies · 300+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 31 March 2007 | Karin Brulliard
    BAGHDAD, March 30 -- By early Friday night, families here were hunkered around their televisions, nervously awaiting the election results that would come hours later. In the northern Iraqi town of Irbil, thousands packed into a shopping mall courtyard and stood before a massive screen, shouting for the victory of their candidate: "Shada! Shada!" The chestnut-maned object of their obsession was Shada Hassoun, Iraq's contestant on the fourth season of the Lebanese talent show "Star Academy," the "American Idol" of the Arab world. She had made Friday's finals, and a public vote, sent via cellphone, would decide her fate. And...