There was a big deal a while ago in Hollywood about whether celebrity parents should ‘shield’ their children by not allowing any pictures of them to surface. It seems this leaked into the Arab world after a very angry response by Shereen to rumors that she wanted to give pictures of her daughter – Mariam - to the press but that her husband was stopping her! Shereen made it clear that if she wanted to she could release pictures of her baby girl with or without Mustapha’s – her husband - consent.

She also told reporters that she has so far taken 117 pictures of Mariam; poor girl must have been blinded by the flash! It makes sense I guess to want your child to live a normal child but fact of the matter is Mariam is not normal! She is the daughter of two very famous people so she might as well get used to it now! I’m sure she won’t turn in to the Egyptian Paris Hilton, or will she? Only time will tell!

By Karim