Panoramic view of Dubai. – Teovel Iradon / Solent News
“Shame”, “abomination”, “disaster” … An unprecedented reality TV show filming Algerian celebrities in Dubai triggered, even before its broadcast, fury and calls for boycott on social networks, where she is accused of “doing shame ”to the Algerians.
This Algerian program, The DZ in Dubai, in reference to El Djazaïr, the Arabic pronunciation of the word “Algeria” is a first. It must be presented by
Sarah Fraisou, an influencer known to have participated in the reality show Angels, with a cast of Algerian internet stars, former beauty queens and rappers.
“The DZs in Dubai, but isn’t there an Algerian? “
“To all Algerians in the diaspora who refuse to respect our country, you will officially enter the category of 7arki” in reference to the harkis, auxiliaries of the French army during the Algerian war (1954-1962), a tweeted a surfer, under the hashtag #boycottlesdzindubai, which went viral this week.
“It’s a shame, instead of promoting our thousand-year-old heritage or offering programs that elevate us intellectually, you prefer to show us (…) Sarah Fraisou dancing in Dubai”, indignant another Internet user, while d others criticized the people participating in this reality show. “The DZs in Dubai, but isn’t there an Algerian? “, Asked a tweeters in particular.
“You don’t know anything about what was shot”
“You don’t know anything that was filmed. There is no girl in a swimsuit, no relationship affair. Stop panicking and talking without even having seen the thing ”, defended Sarah Fraisou on his Instagram account, followed by nearly two million subscribers.
Intended to support an Algerian charity, this program is nearing the end of filming in the United Arab Emirates, and its broadcast is scheduled for June. For several weeks, it brought Algerians together under the same roof in a city abroad – in this case Dubai – on the model of the reality show Les Marseillais, broadcast on a French TNT channel.