01 February 2007

"Keepin' it real" in Iraq

The problem with Iraqi reality TV shows is Iraqi reality.

This week that cruel fact caught up with Diya al-Meqoter, a prominent Shia academic, who starred as the judge on two popular shows offering business loans and university places to impoverished fellow Iraqis.

He was ambushed and shot dead in the street.

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