Palestinian singer Yaqoub Shaheen, winner of the Arab Idol, gestures on stage during the final contest episode of the Arab Idol, in Zouk Mosbeh area, north of Beirut, Lebanon February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the victory of their compatriot Yaqoub Shaheen on Saturday in "Arab Idol", a hugely popular Middle East television talent show on the Dubai-based channel MBC1.
This year's final, filmed in Lebanon, was between a Yemeni, Ammar Mohammed, and two Palestinian competitors, Shaheen from Bethlehem and Ameer Dandan from the town of Majd al-Krum in Israel but resident in the United States.
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