DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 'Barbie' is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film over its themes on gender and sexuality have raised questions over how widely it will be released. Kuwait announced its ban late Wednesday, saying the film promotes 'ideas and beliefs that are alien to the Kuwaiti society and public order,' without elaborating, according to a statement published by the state-run KUNA news agency. In Lebanon, Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada said the film was found to 'contradict values of faith and morality' and 'promote homosexuality and sexual transformation.

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