http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...159995,00.html
It seemed the ideal formula for reality TV: Blind Date meets Big Brother.
Take eight young Arab women, put them together in a house, then whittle them down until one wins a husband approved by viewers, an expenses-paid wedding, and a home in which, hopefully, the couple live happily ever after.
The show's spin on arranged marriages gripped or enraged satellite viewers throughout the Middle East for three months. Yesterday it ended as controversially as it began.
One finalist, Aicha Gerbas, 21, locked herself in a bedroom until she could be flown home to Algeria. "Believe me, I do not want to get married," she told the camera. "They will know the reason when I get out - I'm going to talk."
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