It is known that Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher is very careful on how much information he releases about his personal life to the media trying to limit any news written to be about his career only. The singer has built an imaginary wall between his private life and the media saying that anything that does not deal with his career is of no one’s business.
During the US-led war on Iraq, numerous rumors circulated regarding the secret marriage of Kathem to a Spanish woman. In response to the rumors, Kathem has decided to put a final end to all and publicly announced in an interview that there is in fact a woman in his life whom he plans on marrying. Kathem added that he will announce his engagement in the very near future not wanting to reveal any information about his fiancé to be just saying that she is Spanish of Lebanese origin.
According to the London based magazine, Sayidaty, Kathem revealed that he has bought an apartment in one Paris’s luxurious neighborhoods where he plans to spend as much time as possible with his wife-to-be.
In December, rumors circulated around the secret marriage of El Saher saying he had been forced to keep his marriage under a lid due to the political crisis in the region and the possibility of a war on Iraq at the time. One of the main reasons behind was due to the fact that his new wife, whom he has lived a somewhat romantic love story with, is half-Spanish (from the father’s side) and half-Arab (from the mother’s side). Tabloids also wrote that Kathem felt that the time was not appropriate to announce his marriage publicly because of public tension and negative opinion towards the West.
Recently, pictures of El Saher and large advertisement banners for his upcoming album had flooded the streets of Kuwait giving rise for a political and psychological crisis to erupt among Kuwaiti citizens. It was revealed that Kuwaiti people associated Kathem with the former Iraqi President and felt that he belonged to his political regime a matter that makes them skeptical of him.
Upon hearing of the news of how people in Kuwait reacted towards the banners of the singer, Rotana, which is the production company that Kathem belongs to, rushed to every corner on every street and removed all the pictures of the singer and replaced them with those of other singers like Assi Hilani and Ehab Tawfi.
The matter of Kathem’s pictures all around Kuwait had also angered a number of political figures with many taking the issue to parliament demanding that those responsible for posting the pictures be prosecuted for causing such a social unrest in the country. Officials wanted to know how could the Kuwaiti Minister of Information allow the works of Kathem to be spread in Kuwait disregarding people’s feelings.
Some parliament members demanded 16 million US dollars in compensation to all the Kuwaiti people who were affected negatively by the existence of such advertisements and works for Kathem, saying the matter should not be taken lightly. –Albawaba.com
