Nabil Shoail has a beautiful voice and is an excellent singer but many people have realized that in all his video clips he never plays the role of the ‘lover’ himself and instead gets an actor to do it while he sings! Well Nabil has made a statement as to why he doesn’t play the role of the lover and says that the way he looks, obviously referring to his weight, doesn’t allow him to play this role. Obviously this is a very bold statement on the part of Nabil but he claims that he is happy with the way he is. Nabil added it is not right for me to play the gentleman who awaits his beautiful lover because of the way I look and I am happy with it.

Whilst some respected Nabil’s self confidence and honesty, some people including a well known journalist were quite outraged by his statement. According to this journalist Nabil has no right to make such a statement, because if he is referring to his weight then he is giving the message to all the ‘regular’ people who suffer from being overweight that they cannot be ‘gentlemen’ and that they cannot await their lover or even fall in love. It is important to note that many singers including Hussein El Jasmy who suffer from weight problems were happy with playing the role of the lover in their video clips without fear of being ridiculed. Obviously it’s easy to see both sides, do you think it was right for Nabil Shoail to make such a statement?

By Karim