Iraqi singer Shada Hassoun wins popular Arab Idol competition
Shada managed to accomplish in a few weeks what George W. Bush has failed to do for 4 years. She unified Iraq. Singing, wearing make up and displaying her hair, something women in Iraq were able to do before the US invasion but have been able to do less and less since the fall of Saddam Hussein and their “liberation” by the United States, she was supported by Shia, Sunni, and Kurd.
Maybe she should run for president.
Shada Hassoun wrapped herself with the white, red and black flag of Iraq and broke into tears as fans swarmed the stage after her victory on one of the Arab world’s most popular entertainment programmes.
<...blockquote>People in autonomous northern Kurdistan, the only area safe enough for people to watch the show live on a giant outside screen, jumped for joy following the win.
An Islamist politician, Sabah Ahmed, said: “We welcome this woman because she has held the name of Iraq aloft. We needed a voice to unify us.”
“Being an Islamist, I have some reservations about singing. But seven million votes for this woman from walks of society. With this percentage she outclassed politicians in Iraq. Therefore the victory unites Iraqis,” he said.
Shada performing
