Tuesday, April 19, 2005
OBL's niece is a fox. And apparently screams "Bitch!"
Sabbah translated parts of her story from this Arabic web site:
She walks down the street on the Upper East Side, thin and stylish. But no one’s asking, “Who’s That Girl?”
For, almost all her neighbours know who she is — despite the fact that she has added a twist to her family name. Her uncle is the world’s most wanted. And she’s probably one of the most unwanted.
Meet Wafa’a Bin Laden (or Wafah Binladin as she like to spell her name), niece of Osama bin Laden who wants to be an Arab version of Madonna. But a friend quoted in the New York Post said, “She wants to be a pop star but no record company will have her.”
Wafah blames her infamous uncle — whom she has met just once — for ruining her legal and musical careers.
Not shit. Perhaps she should try a pseudonym slightly more removed from "Bin Laden" than "Binladin."
Normally, I would feel badly for somebody whose ambitions are confined by corruption of blood, which is a very un-American idea (how many other countries ban corruption of blood in their constitutions?). She does, indeed, appear to be trapped between two cultures:
She has left her Muslim background behind and adapted herself to Western culture (with all what that means). She even changed the spelling of her last name to the more Western “Binladin”.
“Because of this last name that I have nothing to do with, the western world hates me, and because I’ve chosen American values, the Saudi Arabian world hates me,” the singer lamented.
Wafah, however, does not seem like a very sympathetic character:
“At first, we all had sympathy for her and thought she was a nice girl with an unfortunate family connection. But she’s this extremely spoilt wealthy girl,” a friend said. “And the way she treats people. Now she is trying to make money by giving French lessons. But if you don’t want her French lessons, she will hang up and scream, ‘Bitch!”
If the Arabic story is accurate (and you can't believe everything you read), I don't think she has actually chosen "American values." She has chosen a European's charicature of American values.
The Times of London has a much, er, less interesting article on Wafah here.
CWCID: Saudi Jeans.
UPDATE: The commenters below have more thoughts, and links. If I were a Wafah groupie, I'd do more work, but I'm probably moving on after this post.
19 Comments:
By 
Pam, at
Tue Apr 19, 11:44:00 AM:
The NY Post ran the article you highlight back in March:
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42585.htm
But just last week gossip columnist Cindy Adams interviewed Wafah...you can read it here:
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/23202.htm
She does a good job whining...what she's really like as a person I couldn't say, since I don't know her. But if she screams "bitch" when no one wants her services as a tutor, then that certainly speaks volumes for her character (or lack thereof)!
By Scorekeeper, at
Tue Apr 19, 11:52:00 AM:
Here is a much more sympathetic article in the NY Post where she got a front cover that day of the paper.. You get the sense from thie earlier piece as if she's struggling and doesn't have wads of available family cash nor that she spends tons of money and hangs in high socialite circles.
http://betbender.blogspot.com
By Scorekeeper, at
Tue Apr 19, 11:53:00 AM:
http://www.newyorkpost.com/commentary/23202.htm
that's the link.
By Scorekeeper, at
Tue Apr 19, 11:54:00 AM:
And btw, she's not a fox... her face is not that great and she has a weird mouth.
By Sluggo, at
Tue Apr 19, 01:53:00 PM:
How about Betty Goboom?
Scorekeeper is nuts. Fox she is. In twenty years she's going to look like Uncle Mortie, though.
By 
, at
Tue Apr 19, 04:59:00 PM:
She's a rich fox?!? Well, she has her uncle's eyebrows and can't afford a decent set of tweezers.
By Pile On®, at
Tue Apr 19, 07:48:00 PM:
I am trying to think of a better looking Saudi hottie.
Somebody help me out.
By TigerHawk, at
Tue Apr 19, 08:04:00 PM:
Pile: I too am out of moves. She's a Saudi 8.5 -- at least.
By Pile On®, at
Tue Apr 19, 09:44:00 PM:
....and another thing. When someone says "she is a relative of OBL" the first thing I don't think is, oh, she must be a very nice person.
By , at
Wed Apr 20, 09:07:00 AM:
To put this in perspective, OBL is one of what? 90 kids? 80? Being a cousin doesn't exactly equate to close familial relationships.
W is a "distant" cousin to John Kerry. That doesn't make either a defacto loser, regardless of which side you lean politically.
As for "fox". I would have to see the full photo to make my personal assessment, but based on what we're seeing here, she's definitely a hottie. And she apparently talks dirty... cool!
By Weyrwoman, at
Thu Apr 28, 09:48:00 PM:
At least she seems to have caught on that her, um, originally "altered" surname wasn't working for her. In the article you linked to they mention that she is currently recording under the last name Dufour, which is her mother's maiden name.
By David, at
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A hottie she is!!! Can't wait to see more of her! She has so many family members how can she be accountable for what a crazy one does? Give her a break! Her mom wrote a book which I am definitely going to read.
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