The wave of anger with Algeria over a World Cup qualifier that started last Wednesday continued to escalate yesterday with two Cairo lawyers demanding the expulsion of all the Algerians from Egypt.Enraged by the attacks against Egyptian fans in Khartoum last week
Flamboyant lawyer Nabih el-Wahsh has asked Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to declare veteran Algerian singer Wardah a persona non grata for allegedly insulting the Egyptians and dismissing them as 'the fools'.El-Wahsh, who also demands that Warda be stripped of her Egyptian nationality, has said that he wants to see the Algerian Ambassador Abdel Qader Hajar be expelled from Cairo for providing the Algerian media with false statements about Egypt and the Egyptians.In a related development, Samir Sabri, another outraged Cairo lawyer, has called for the expulsion of the Algerian community from Egypt to protest against Algerians' attacks against Egyptian fans in .Sudan, according to the Arabic newspaper Al-Gumhouria. Meanwhile, a famous Lebanese pop singer has announced that she will be boycotting Algerian musical events for the violence against Egyptians in the aftermath of the world Cup play-off in Sudan. Haifa Wehbe, who is married to an Egyptian business tycoon, said that she would not tolerate Algerian attacks on the Egyptians.Wehbe also slammed the Algerian fans as "mercenaries" and said the Egyptian team was qualified to win the match. In another development, the Local Council of el-Wadi el-Gadid Governorate has decided to change the name of a village called Algeria to Mubarak for the Egyptians.
