August 13, 2010
A AMR DIAB PHONE?
Yeah...apparently, Nokia, the Egyptian Telecommunication Company, and Raya recently announced that they will be releasing a Nokia phone by the name of - you ready for it? - Amr Diab.
This will officially be the first time that a cell phone is named after a celebrity, and will feature ring tones of his songs as well as wallpaper/screen savers of him.
Apparently though, and thank God for this, The Egyptian Writers and Composers Union annouced that Nokia hasn't recieved the authorization or permission to release the "Amr Diab" phone, protecting the rights of the composers and writers of his songs. If the issue is not resolved between the two, it will resort to legal action.
We won't lie, we pray to God this won't get resolved and the phone isn't released because we can just picture el shabab el cool walking around with the Amr Diab phones, and honestly ya man, the thought of it really makes us nauseated. fashkh.
DON'T DO IT.