I wrote in my latest piece on how I encountered racism against Kurds during my travel in the region. Here is the latest example of this ugly racism.
#Iraqi paper uses picture of five men in boxers and one young woman as 'Kurdistan' to portray post-referendum dynamics of the region. pic.twitter.com/4H1RIg3knr
— Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) September 28, 2017
This is offensive, sexist, racist, shameful, scary… https://t.co/5bnkrBFw94
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) September 28, 2017
1-Iraqi newspaper Al-Nahar published following photo on Sept26 in reference 2 repercussions awaiting #Kurdistan aftr independence referendum pic.twitter.com/rl2eNxqF5Z
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 27, 2017
3-The image, from a porn scene, contains importnt but repulsive clues 2the way many in Iraq 2day view Kurdish exercise of self-determination
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 27, 2017
5-For many Kurds of my generation who forgivingly thought there might be a way 2coexist in Iraq, such images& war-mongering attitude prove >
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
7-The newspapr appears 2b pro formr PM Maliki, given columnists like Wajih Abbas writing 4them.If this was isolated case one cud b forgiving
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
9-< agnst Kurds over past few weeks for the mere sin of voting in a referendum to secede from Iraq. With very rare exceptions, the bulk of >
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
11- < sense I don't see the opinions of these supposedly educated journalists, thinktank experts &professors any different from this photo.
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
13-Such hateful speech needs 2b condemned by all no matter its source.Thing is this largely expresses sentiments of a state 2ward a minority
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
15- Wajih Abbas writes 4 this paper & hosts talkshow on AlAhd channel owned by IranFunded Asayib Ahl alHaq militia.Curious who funds d paper
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
For those how might have any doubt about authenticity of this Al-Nahar front page, here is link to it on d website: https://t.co/CqA2Yr8Ibm
— Mohammed A. Salih (@MohammedASalih) September 28, 2017
I'm not a fast writer, but Al-Nahhar's sexist,racist front page today was provoking enough for me to publish this https://t.co/9eYZKg4fPk
— Rasha Al Aqeedi (@RashaAlAqeedi) September 28, 2017
Thread. To say that the Kurds made a strategic error is not to absolve other Iraqis from ingrained Arab supremacy. https://t.co/Qv6gv3U132
— (((Friedman))) (@DovSFriedman) September 28, 2017