Between ignoring and responding to these rumors, the positions of the artists fluctuate, based on the extent of the spread of the rumor, and its impact on the fate of the artist, the last of whom is the Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab.
Shirin is of the second type who preferred to respond to being ignored; After widespread controversy regarding her return to her ex-husband, Hossam Habib, after a two-month separation, Sherine broke her silence and denied returning to her ex-husband and the incorrectness of the news circulating about her personal life, and that she alone has the right to announce any news regarding her married life.
Shireen was not the first; The Egyptian actress Yasmine Abdel Aziz and her husband, artist Ahmed Al-Awadi, preceded her, who were affected by rumors of divorce after “Yasmine’s illness” and her travels for treatment abroad. .
Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram was also followed by a case of controversy that arose about her separation from her husband Fadi, and they also denied this rumor.
The rumor of the actress Nisreen Tafesh’s marriage to director Tariq Al-Arian also sparked widespread controversy, and the audience linked this rumor to his separation from his ex-wife.
The Egyptian actress Mona Zaki and her husband, Ahmed Helmy, were exposed to the rumor of divorce, as it was said that their relationship was tense due to her scene in the movie “Friends and My Dearest”, but close sources confirmed the denial of the fact of their separation, and the duo dealt with this rumor with complete disregard, and neither of them made any comment towards it. .
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Egyptian art critic Tariq El-Shennawy commented on the phenomenon of the spread of rumors in the artistic community, during his speech to “Sky News Arabia”, saying that “the phenomenon of rumors has existed for a long time, and there are types of rumors, including a rumor that the artist sometimes calls himself, rumors in artistic life and rumors from the public.” Sometimes it is malicious and sometimes it is logical.
And Al-Shennawy continued: “With regard to the rumor that the actress Sherine Abdel Wahab returned to her ex-husband, it has been said since the beginning of their divorce announcement, that what happened was propaganda and promotion of Sherine Abdel Wahab’s songs, but from my point of view that Sherine Abdel Wahab does not need that, but some rumors From repeating it and not having enough evidence for the truth, it takes a measure of credibility.” He explains that “the audience is used to the fact that there are many artists who call themselves rumors from time to time to promote their work.”
The Egyptian art critic, Ahmed Saad El-Din, did not go far, who asserted that “some stars are aware of the rumor and agree with it for the sake of spreading.”
And he continued, in his speech to “Sky News Arabia”: “There was one of the singers exposed to the rumor of death, and then he would come out and lie the news, and he was doing this in order to be present in the media.”
He attributed the spread of rumors in the recent period to “Social Media”, noting that “the matter increased abnormally”, and it is likely that “Sherine Abdel Wahab’s rumor was caused by the dramatic form in which their separation took place.”
He concluded his speech by saying: “In my opinion, the rumor of the return of Sherine Abdel Wahab, whether with her knowledge or without her knowledge, is the beneficiary of it is Sherine and Hossam Habib, because they became trend and street talk within 24 hours, and there are some stars who use the rumor in order to exist and spread, and rumors are a kind of types of advertising