Sulaf Fawakhirji and her husband boycotted for supporting Bashar Al Asad

Published June 29th, 2011 - 06:33 GMT

Wael and Sulaf

Syrian director said Wael Ramadan revealed that he and his wife, actress Sulaf Fawakhirji, are being boycotted by Gulf production companies and television stations for their misinterpreted statements against the Gulf countries during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad. Wael and Sulaf had reiterated during the meeting that Syrian drama must be protected from Gulf people.

The Syrian director had clarified in a statement to the internet website MBC.net that a Syrian artists at the meeting with the President had interpreted their statements as wanting to boycott Syrian drama from the Gulf, and the artist, whose name Wael refused to reveal, caused Wael and Sulaf harm in order to seem like a national hero at their expense.

Wael strongly denied that he and his wife even implied boycotting the Gulf, and they had only requested for the protection of Syrian drama by providing more Syrian television channels, in addition to national funding for producing different Syrian dramas.