DAMMAM: Lebanese singer Carole Samaha is the latest Arab artist to jump on the “Despacito” bandwagon.
In a video she shared on her Instagram account, Samaha is seen singing a part of the viral Spanish number in a garden.
She had earlier expressed admiration for the song, saying that it had “saved the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico from bankruptcy.”
“Despacito” has become the most streamed track of all time with more than 4.6 billion plays across streaming platforms.
A number of versions of the song have been produced. Palestinian artist and YouTube sensation Noel Kharman created an Arabic-Spanish mashup of the hit song, which has garnered nearly five million views.
Soon, Samaha’s video also became viral, thanks to her fans who liked and shared it on various social media channels.
“You sing spanish very well,”
@yousra.allen commented on Instagram.
The popular Arab singer is due to perform at the Al-Batroun International Festival on Aug. 12.
Arab singer Carole Samaha sings viral hit ‘despacito’
Arab singer Carole Samaha sings viral hit ‘despacito’
Vietnam police find frozen tiger bodies, arrest two men
Vietnamese police have found two dead tigers inside freezers in a man’s basement, arresting him and another for illicit trade in the endangered animal, the force said Saturday.
The Southeast Asian country is a consumption hub and popular trading route for illegal animal products, including tiger bones which are used in traditional medicine.
Police in Thanh Hoa province, south of the capital Hanoi, said they had found the frozen bodies ot two adult tigers, weighing about 400 kilograms (882 pounds) in total, in the basement of 52-year-old man Hoang Dinh Dat.
In a statement posted online, police said the man told officers he had bought the animals for two billion dong ($77,000), identifying the seller as 31-year-old Nguyen Doan Son.
Both had been arrested earlier this week, police said.
According to the statement, the buyer had equipment to produce so-called tiger bone glue, a sticky substance believed to heal skeletal ailments.
Tigers used to roam Vietnam’s forests, but have now disappeared almost entirely.
