Soap Boycott Adds to Trade Slump as Egypt Punishes Turkey
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Laila Said loved Turkish soap operas so much she named her baby boy Mohannad after the main character in her favorite program. For the past two months, she’s stopped watching.
“I was addicted to Turkish television series and was so emotionally involved with the characters, the scenes and the culture that I wouldn’t miss a single episode,” Said, 31, said in a central Cairo salon where she works as a hair stylist. “Now, I just hate everything related to Turkey.”