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Bin Laden's niece in reality tv show?

LOS ANGELES, March 21 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden's niece is set to star in a forthcoming reality TV show.

September 11th Family Association support groups have condemned television producer Judith Regan's plansfor the documentary featuring Wafah Dafour, the daughter of bin Laden's half-brother Yeslam bin Laden.

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Regan is currently pitching the show to various television networks. Dafour has already signed a lucrative contract for the television series, which will chronicle her attempt to become a pop star.

Ireland Online reported on March 20 that a spokeswoman for the September 11th Family Association said, "This is an absolute disgrace. We urge every TV network and channel planning to run this series to think again. The very idea that the family of a man with so much blood on his hands should profit from some sort of instant celebrity is an outrage."

Regan countered, "Wafah may be related to Osama -- but she isn't him. She's a beautiful young woman who is gifted and trying to find her own way in life. She has a lot of allure, sex appeal and personality -- and she can sing. She has sisters and she fights with her mom. It'll be an interesting show."

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