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CAJ
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Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Does anybody have a problem with this?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's niece, an aspiring singer who posed for a sexy photo shoot in a men's magazine last year, has signed up for a reality television show about her life and her as yet unfulfilled "quest for stardom."
Wafah Dufour Bin Ladin, whose mother was married to the al Qaeda leader's half brother, was born in California but lived in Saudi Arabia from the age of three to 10.
"I understand that when people hear my last name, they have preconceived notions, but I was born an American and I love my country," Dufour said in a statement from ReganMedia announcing the deal to develop a reality TV series.
Dufour has dropped the "Bin Ladin" -- a different spelling of the Arabic name from that used by Osama bin Laden -- and now goes by the name Wafah Dufour.
Based in New York, Dufour has been promoting herself as a musician and last December appeared in a sultry GQ photo spread, reclining on satin sheets wrapped in feathers and posing in a bubble bath wearing nothing but a necklace.
"Her story will bridge the gap that people feel exists between the cultures she has lived in," ReganMedia President Judith Regan said.
"She is also a young woman who falls in love, has her heart broken, worries about her looks, doesn't always listen to her mother, and hasn't spoken to her father in years," Regan said.
Dufour's mother Carmen bin Ladin wrote the 2004 bestseller "Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia," an account of her rocky marriage to Yeslama, Osama's half-brother, who amassed a fortune in the family's construction business and started his own investment firm.
Dufour, who earned a master's degree in law from Columbia University, was in Geneva with her mother at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks. She had said in the past she has never met Osama bin Laden.
She cites U2, Depeche Mode, The Cure and The Cranberries among her musical influences.
Regan has published a string of celebrity authors including Michael Moore and porn star Jenna Jameson, and she was an executive producer on the reality show "Growing Up Gotti" about members of the family best known for its Mafia empire.
The statement did not say when the show would be aired or on what channel.
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
theres a thread on this already...
see below a few threads down...
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| Posted 3/10/06 2:10 PM |
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CAJ
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
sorry I checked first but didnt see it thanks...
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
i don't have a problem with it at all. we can't judge her based on something a member of her extended family did. Look at Growing up Gotti, we all know what the family business was, but are not judgemental of them.
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Posted by MissingLI
i don't have a problem with it at all. we can't judge her based on something a member of her extended family did. Look at Growing up Gotti, we all know what the family business was, but are not judgemental of them.
 I said the same thing. LoL
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CAJ
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
But do you think they would have the attention if not for the family history?
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CaseyGirl
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
I have an issue with it..
She is using her uncle's infamy to gain media attention...and her uncle is a mass murderer....
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Posted by CAJ
But do you think they would have the attention if not for the family history?
I don't see why not...look at all the other shows...let's say it was called
Growing Up Arab...I'm sure poeple would watch.
the Arab part may no be pc
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CAJ
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Agree Lady...But if I ahd a family member killed during 9/11 I would be really Pi$$ed!!
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Posted by CAJ
Agree Lady...But if I ahd a family member killed during 9/11 I would be really Pi$$ed!!
Of course in no way shape or form would I want to be associated w/ someone like that. I am amazed that she hasn't gotten harassed by anyone.
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
I'll share what i wrote to someone in fm.... 
the point is:
even if i wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, and TRIED to watch it - i could NOT. i would only be thinking of her evil uncle and the atrocities he's responsible for. therefore, even though it would be unfair of me to judge her based on the actions of her evil uncle, it would only be inevitable.
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
That's really really sad...
The article says- she never even met her 1/2 uncle and now is trying to use it to get famous.
SOOOOO sad. 
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LadyMaravilla
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Posted by MrsERod
I'll share what i wrote to someone in fm....
the point is:
even if i wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, and TRIED to watch it - i could NOT. i would only be thinking of her evil uncle and the atrocities he's responsible for. therefore, even though it would be unfair of me to judge her based on the actions of her evil uncle, it would only be inevitable.
agreed. We will all have preconceived notions based on her sick uncle's actions.
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CAJ
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LadyMaravilla
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
what the...is this her enticing ad for the show???
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CAJ
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
That is from her "sexy photo shoot"...
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| Posted 3/10/06 2:23 PM |
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
as 'sexy' as she's TRYING to look - I'm STILL picturing her evil uncle!!!!
she should've taken pictures in this room instead: Image Attachment(s):
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
LadyLainez love the toast! 
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Wow, she's showing a lot of skin. Her uncle would not be pleased. Not that I care.
I am not a fan of the Gottis, but I don't think you can compare the two. It's apples and oranges really. I konw Gotti killed some innocent people and I am certainly not condoning that, but didn't he kill a lot of fellow mobsters? They had to know that the mortality rate in their line of work was high. Unlike the people who were just doing their jobs in the WTC.
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Posted by MrsProfessor
Wow, she's showing a lot of skin. Her uncle would not be pleased. Not that I care.
I am not a fan of the Gottis, but I don't think you can compare the two. It's apples and oranges really. I konw Gotti killed some innocent people and I am certainly not condoning that, but didn't he kill a lot of fellow mobsters? They had to know that the mortality rate in their line of work was high. Unlike the people who were just doing their jobs in the WTC.
Very good point...
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!
Posted by CAJ
Posted by MrsProfessor
Wow, she's showing a lot of skin. Her uncle would not be pleased. Not that I care.
I am not a fan of the Gottis, but I don't think you can compare the two. It's apples and oranges really. I konw Gotti killed some innocent people and I am certainly not condoning that, but didn't he kill a lot of fellow mobsters? They had to know that the mortality rate in their line of work was high. Unlike the people who were just doing their jobs in the WTC.
Very good point...
Killing is killing no matter who or how many. IMO. I know one is a mobster & the other is a terrorist. Still They are killers.
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Posted by LadyLainez
Killing is killing no matter who or how many. IMO. I know one is a mobster & the other is a terrorist. Still They are killers.
Of course they are, but there are degrees. What OBL did was worse than most.
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Posted by MrsTC
I have an issue with it..
She is using her uncle's infamy to gain media attention...and her uncle is a mass murderer....
Totally agree with you and that's why I have a problem with this. I mean let's face it, if her last name wasn't Bin Laden do you even think she would be getting her own reality show? She is using the name to get her fame and this is disgusting considering who her uncle is.
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Agree Lady...But if I ahd a family member killed during 9/11 I would be really Pi$$ed!!
Yes you are right...
DH lost his cousin that day so I don't think he is going to be tuning into this show. He is going to be disgusted when I tell him about it and could really care less about the life of someone who is related to the man responsible for killing his cousin and so many of the other poor innocent victims of 9/11.
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Agree Lady...But if I ahd a family member killed during 9/11 I would be really Pi$$ed!!
Yes you are right...
DH lost his cousin that day so I don't think he is going to be tuning into this show. He is going to be disgusted when I tell him about it and could really care less about the life of someone who is related to the man responsible for killing his cousin and so many of the other poor innocent victims of 9/11.
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