Shams (singer)
Shams Bandar Al-Aslami, known simply as Shams, is a Saudi-Kuwaiti-born singer. She dropped her Arab citizenship denouncing her Arab and Gulf culture and origins, including her Kuwaiti nationality, gaining citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis instead.
In a 2015 interview, Shams lamented the plight of those fleeing the Syrian civil war, the deaths caused in the refugee crisis, and blamed Arab governments for being callous and uncaring. The interview became a viral video and attracted significant attention.
