An Egyptian singer turned preacher whose father knew American President Barack Obama’s father has been invited by the American embassy to attend the president's much anticipated speech at Cairo University Thursday and she plans to attend.
Yasmin al-Khayam, Egypt's singer turned preacher who stirred controversy in the 1980s for joining the singing industry despite being daughter of a famous Quranic reciter, said she received an invite to attend Obama's speech.
The daughter of Quranic reciter Mahmud Khalil al-Husary told Al Arabiya her late father knew Obama's father Hussein Obama, and had given him a tape recording of his recitation when they met on one of the reciter's trips to Africa.
Source: Alarabiya.net (Dubai-based, Saudi-owned), June 3, 2009
