Across the World: Kuwait
China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-06 07:42
Fan's kiss ends concert
A Kuwaiti official said yesterday that authorities abruptly ended a music concert by an Egyptian singer in this Muslim country when a young female fan jumped on stage, hugged the male singer and gave him a kiss.
Qanas al-Adwani, who heads the government department that monitors public entertainment, says the girl's behavior at Friday's concert "defied the conservative traditions" of Kuwait.
Al-Adwani also said the fan's behavior broke controls on public entertainment, which were imposed by influential Muslim fundamentalists after they failed in 1997 to ban concerts altogether.
(China Daily 10/06/2008 page8)
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