Tunisian singer Zikra has geared up to start shooting some music clips with director Muhsen Ahmed for her upcoming album, according to Al Riyadh daily newspaper.
The popular singer has said that "shooting will start in the few upcoming days between Cairo and Sharm al Sheikh," adding that for the time being she will only work on three songs from the album, "Fazzeit Min nomi" (I Suddenly Woke Up), "Atfal" (Children) and "Deen" (Religion).
The album, produced by Funoun al Jazeera Production Company, holds several renowned names of poets and composers like, Fahd bin Khaled, Talal Maddah, Turky, Tareq Mohammed, Al Aani, Sabah Naser and many others.
Earlier in February, a Saudi cleric called for Zikra's death for comparing her sufferings with those of the Prophet Mohammed. "It's an act of apostasy which deserves punishment by execution," Sheikh Ibrahim al Khdairi, a judge at Riyadh's Islamic Higher Court, said at that time.
For their part, Tunisian newspapers have admitted that Zikra's comments were 'exaggerated' but said that Sheikh al Khudairi had over-stepped the mark by calling for the singer's death. – Albawaba.com
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