Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV show

BDx13 - 3-10-2006 at 03:08 PM

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Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV show
By Claudia Parsons1 hour, 22 minutes ago
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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BDx13 - 3-10-2006 at 03:10 PM

JUICE MAYNE MSHC - 3-10-2006 at 03:21 PM

first of all...who the fuck would put that fuckin mook bitch in any magazine or on any TV show??!? That bitch is a new level of fugly.

2nd...I can't believe that this bitch is gonna have a TV show. She is lower than Paris Hilton. Paris is a billionaire brat who's famous for nothing. This bitch is a billionaire brat who's famous because her uncle is a motherfucking terrorist!!!! I mean what the fuck is this bullshit?

moron - 3-10-2006 at 04:17 PM

Im sure Osama is super happy about this! Especially the photoshoot bit! Shows he can't keep his women in line

Discipline - 3-10-2006 at 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by JUICE MAYNE MSHC
first of all...who the fuck would put that fuckin mook bitch in any magazine or on any TV show??!? That bitch is a new level of fugly.

2nd...I can't believe that this bitch is gonna have a TV show. She is lower than Paris Hilton. Paris is a billionaire brat who's famous for nothing. This bitch is a billionaire brat who's famous because her uncle is a motherfucking terrorist!!!! I mean what the fuck is this bullshit?

Says it all.

clevohardcore - 3-10-2006 at 04:31 PM

"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.

^^^^^^^^ I find all of this very laughable. I hope she pulls a Jihad on a movie set with Tom Cruz while they make a movie together.

BDx13 - 3-10-2006 at 05:08 PM

JUICE MAYNE MSHC - 3-10-2006 at 05:33 PM

fuckin MEGA-MOOK. goddamn

Voodoobillyman - 3-10-2006 at 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline

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Says it all.

Yes it does..............fuck her

thedog - 3-10-2006 at 07:48 PM

it looks like a tranny

clevohardcore - 3-10-2006 at 11:47 PM

ya I thought the same thing. She looks like a dude.

DaveMoral - 3-11-2006 at 12:41 PM

I'd never watch her reality show... I hate spoiled rich Arabs...