#Fifa says Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf will perform at a Brazil ceremony
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Palestinian singer, winner of “Arab Idol” and Regional Youth Ambassador for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Mohammed Assaf, speaks with journalists during a visit with humanitarian officials at his former classroom in Khan Yunis, southern #Gaza Strip, on February 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Said Khatib)
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Palestinian Arab Idol winner Mohammad Assaf would perform in a #World_Cup ceremony in Brazil in June, after the singer had said he had been banned from participating. On Friday, Assaf had announced that he had been “banned” from singing at the World Cup’s opening ceremony, but Blatter claimed that the singer would perform at a smaller ceremony. Blatter wrote in a letter to the Palestinian Football Association confirming (...)