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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 file photo, Lebanese model, actress, and singer Haifa Wehbe arrives for the screening of the film 'Los Abrazos Rotos' (Broken Embraces) during the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Wehbe, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys. Haifa Wehbe, considered by many as one of the sexiest women in the Arab world, has the minority Nubian community in Egypt distraught over her latest children's album "Baby Haifa" and the community's activists have launched several lawsuits over the lyrics. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI

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