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Now that the Dubai port controversy is finally over, there’s a one more reason to talk about the UAE: JLo is going to give a “rare” concert there:

Jennifer Lopez, a well-known American actress, Latin Pop singer, fashion designer, and dancer, will exclusively perform live in concert at the Dubai Autodrome on April 27.

This will be her first ever concert in the Middle East region.

While Dubai is considered by many one of the more progressive parts of the Middle East, one has to wonder what people in the region make of JLo and her visit. Curious about that, I found one web site, Waleg.com, which has a comment string open about the JLo concert. The first comment reads:

all american singers are turning arabs like them, i hate them, athum kofaar. Dubai should kick jen out. she trying to seduce arab guys with her look. inah ilah wa inah ragoon.

Another commenter says:

Don’t you think that we have worst than JLO in the arab world now, Arab guys have enough to be distracted and seduced in their own countries.

While a few people chatting online cannot accurately reflect the mentality of an entire nation, I do wonder if John Q Public in Dubai — the non-expat community — believes that JLo and artists like her are contaminating the moral fabric of their culture with her wicked Western ways.

Dubai recently banned a concert by metal band Saxon (scary name!), citing their song, Crusader, as anti-Muslim.

Via / Trade Arabia and Waleg.com