The Kuwaiti daily newspaper, Al Qabas, published that the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information has refused to grant Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi a visa to enter Kuwait. The singer had submitted a request for a visa in order to attend a grand opening of a new department store, in which she was specially invited for.

The singer revealed that she was not informed that her visa was denied and that the organizers of the event in which she was invited to had notified her that everything was going according to plans.

Haifa stated that she had visited Kuwait recently and held a private performance at a wedding. She added that she did not encounter any problems with entering Kuwait and is surprised at the recent rumor of her banning.

On a different note, the Arab music satellite television channel ‘Rotana,’ under Rotana’s music production company, has filed charges against Wahbi in Cairo for allowing the music channel ‘Mazzika’ to air he clip for her new song ‘Rajab.’

The song was produced by ‘Rotana’ before Haifa ended her contract with the company, and Rotana claims that airing it on a channel other than ‘Rotana’ without permission warrants prosecution.

Rotana sent a court order to the administration of Mazzika, demanding that they stop airing the song and pay Rotana five million Egyptian pounds in compensation.

A lawsuit was filed against Haifa for giving permission to Mazzika to air the song.

Haifa opted not to renew her contract with Rotana, and claims that she filmed the clip for a second time in a different style from the one produced by Rotana.

The singer said that Rotana filed the lawsuit against her in an attempt to pressure her to renew her contract.
 

© 2007 Al Bawaba