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<p>MANILA – Actress Mercedes Cabral, dubbed as Philippine cinema’s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/entertainment/06/30/15/mercedes-cabral-talks-about-accolades-indie-princess" target="_blank">“Indie Princess,”</a> is captivating audiences in the Middle East as she stars in a Kuwaiti soap opera.</p><p>Cabral is the lead actress of “Saq Al-bambu” (The Bamboo Stalk), which tells the story of a Filipino maid working in Kuwait.</p><p>The show is produced by Sabbah Pictures and is being aired in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and other parts of the Middle East.</p><p>It will run for the whole month of Ramadan.</p><p>Cabral’s manager, Shandii Bacolod, shared clips of scenes showing Cabral in “Saq Al-bambu” on Facebook.</p><p>Kuwaiti netizens also took to social media to praise Cabral’s performance in “Saq Al-bambu,” with one even comparing her looks to popular model Gigi Hadid.</p><p>“This episode of Saq Al-Bamboo highlighting Filipino actress and MSB artist Mercedes Cabral is making noise on social media!” Bacolod wrote.</p><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshandiijossa%2Fvideos%2F10209050821655063%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshandiijossa%2Fvideos%2F10209051014259878%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe><p>Aside from Cabral, other Filipino actors in “Saq Al-bambu” include <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/05/19/16/why-maria-isabel-lopez-is-trending-on-social-media" target="_blank">Maria Isabel Lopez</a> – who was a scene-stealer at the recently held Cannes Film Festival – as well as Lou Veloso, Lilia Cuntapay, Ana Abad Santos, Sue Prado and Rhen Escaño.</p><figure class="op-social"><iframe frameBorder="0" height="383" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/29PtMigR04Y" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>Cabral is one of the nominees for Best Actress in the 2016 Gawad Urian Awards scheduled on June 22 at the KIA Theater.</p><p>The actress, which stars in the movie “Da Dog Show”, is competing with Nora Aunor (“Taklub”), Alessandra de Rossi (“Bambanti”) and Jennylyn Mercado (“Walang Forever”), among others, for the award.</p>

Actress Mercedes Cabral, dubbed as Philippine cinema’s “Indie Princess,” is captivating audiences in the Middle East as she stars in a Kuwaiti soap opera.

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Mercedes Cabral a hit on Kuwaiti TV

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Published June 09, 2016 02:07 PM PHT

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Updated June 09, 2016 04:22 PM PHT

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