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Saudi police arrest imitator of singer and male belly dancer
(DPA)

10 July 2005
DUBAI - Saudi police arrested and were investigating two Saudi men, one who was imitating a well-known Emirates singer and the other who was disguised as a woman and dancing as a belly dancer.

Saudi newspaper Arab News reported Sunday the incident took place in the Saudi city of Qateef where a young man was imitating Emirates singer Abdullah Balkheer in his own private concert in a local amusement park.

It said a number of visitors reported the man to police who came to the park and found the man dancing. He was also wearing makeup so that he would look like the singer.

Police also arrested a belly dancer on stage who turned out to be a man in disguise wearing an abaya or black robe as worn by Saudi women. Those present were so convinced by his performance they thought he was a woman, the paper reported.

Saudi Arabia applies a strict interpretation of Islam and segregates males and females in public places as well as restricting music and performances in the conservative kingdom.

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