You may recall an article I wrote a while back about the rumor that legendary Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher refused to have Haleema Boland present the episode of ‘Taratata’ that he was to star in. Well this week Kathem was at a press conference and he seemed very keen to answer all questions and did not want to leave but was forced to as the organizers claimed he had rehearsals. The questions fired at Kathem were expectedly heated and one of them was about why he had excluded Haleema Boland! He replied that this was in no way true and that he does not involve himself in these details as he understands it is none of his business.

The question of what Kathem thought about Rashed El Majed’s alleged dislike for his latest album was enthusiastically asked but less enthusiastically answered. Kathem told reporters he answered this question 100’s of times and that whilst he is unsure of whether El Majed actually said this every artist is entitled to his own opinions.

We learned something new about Kathem from this press conference which is that he prefers not to appear on talk shows as he feels responsible for every word he says…

By Karim