Osama bin Laden’s niece, an aspiring singer who posed for a sexy photo shoot in a men’s magazine last year, has signed up for a reality television show about her life and her as yet unfulfilled “quest for stardom.”

Wafah Dufour Bin Ladin, whose mother was married to the al Qaeda leader’s half brother, was born in California but lived in Saudi Arabia from the age of three to 10.

“I understand that when people hear my last name, they have preconceived notions, but I was born an American and I love my country,” Dufour said in a statement from ReganMedia announcing the deal to develop a reality TV series. Dufour has dropped the “Bin Ladin” — a different spelling of the Arabic name from that used by Osama bin Laden — and now goes by the name Wafah Dufour.

Based in New York, Dufour has been promoting herself as a musician and last December appeared in a sultry GQ photo spread, reclining on satin sheets wrapped in feathers and posing in a bubble bath wearing nothing but a necklace. “Her story will bridge the gap that people feel exists between the cultures she has lived in,” ReganMedia President Judith Regan said. “She is also a young woman who falls in love, has her heart broken, worries about her looks, doesn’t always listen to her mother, and hasn’t spoken to her father in years,” Regan said.

Dufour’s mother Carmen bin Ladin wrote the 2004 bestseller “Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia,” an account of her rocky marriage to Yeslama, Osama’s half-brother, who amassed a fortune in the family’s construction business and started his own investment firm.

--This makes me sick.

Source: MSNBC

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I, like many Americans, would like to kill Osama myself and while we can't hold this woman responsible for her half-uncle's actions we can resent her use of his infamy to make a name for herself.

Says: Nanc' at March 13, 2006 08:19 AM

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My thoughts exactly.

Says: Rev at March 13, 2006 02:08 PM

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I will not give one penny to her, because while she's not responsible for the actions-past, present, or future- of her family, she IS responsible for using the horrible notoriety of the name to financially benefit herself. I find this sickening. I will not part with one cent if it is attached to something this disgusting.

Says: Cynde at March 13, 2006 05:50 PM

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Normally I wouldn't care but I hope she hits it BIG! I'm all for anything that might embarrass Uncle Osama and his cave rats.

Says: Lynn S at March 14, 2006 03:42 PM

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Where are you people getting that she is just using her family name? She even changed her name, for crying out loud. I say give the girl a chance -- there is still a microscopic possibility that she is being genuine.

Although that will get her NOWHERE as far as Hollywood's concerned.

Says: Vixen at March 25, 2006 06:17 PM

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